Where can I find a dawn-to-dusk appliance controller?

[Angela Marsh]

We have 7 pet birds in the house and need to synchronize the light that
they get, with the year-around daylight cycle, so as to help their
circadian rhythms and hormone levels.

The problem is that we have a bird room with only one window and it
faces south, so it gets bright sunlight only in the winter and too
little light anyway.

So we've put up full spectrum fixtures over our birds' cages, but havent
synchronized them with daylight yet.

Does anyone know where I can find a dawn-to-dusk appliance controller?

Note that I said dawn-to-dusk, NOT dusk-to-dawn, because we want the
lights to go ON at dawn and OFF at dusk, not the way they usually do it
with the regular types of controllers, which are for outdoor lighting.

We also need an appliance controller, to handle the fluorescent
fixtures, not the usual incandescent lamp controller. ( ballasts -
reactive load, not resistive )

I searched Google just now, but only found the dusk-to-dawn types, and
anything that SAID dawn-to-dusk was mischaracterized and was really just
dusk-to-dawn, so I'm stumped on finding this.

But if someone makes one, it would seem very useful to people with bird
lights like myself.

 

[Baron]

Angela Marsh wrote:

We have 7 pet birds in the house and need to synchronize the light
that they get, with the year-around daylight cycle, so as to help
their circadian rhythms and hormone levels.

The problem is that we have a bird room with only one window and it
faces south, so it gets bright sunlight only in the winter and too
little light anyway.

So we've put up full spectrum fixtures over our birds' cages, but
havent synchronized them with daylight yet.

Does anyone know where I can find a dawn-to-dusk appliance controller?

Note that I said dawn-to-dusk, NOT dusk-to-dawn, because we want the
lights to go ON at dawn and OFF at dusk, not the way they usually do
it with the regular types of controllers, which are for outdoor
lighting.

We also need an appliance controller, to handle the fluorescent
fixtures, not the usual incandescent lamp controller. ( ballasts -
reactive load, not resistive )

I searched Google just now, but only found the dusk-to-dawn types, and
anything that SAID dawn-to-dusk was mischaracterized and was really
just dusk-to-dawn, so I'm stumped on finding this.

But if someone makes one, it would seem very useful to people with
bird lights like myself.

Why not use an appliance timer ? The type you plug into a socket and
then plug an appliance into that. Set the start & stop times to suit
you.

--
Best Regards:
Baron.

 

[Angela Marsh]

Baron <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote :

Angela Marsh wrote:

We have 7 pet birds in the house and need to synchronize the light
that they get, with the year-around daylight cycle, so as to help
their circadian rhythms and hormone levels.

The problem is that we have a bird room with only one window and it
faces south, so it gets bright sunlight only in the winter and too
little light anyway.

So we've put up full spectrum fixtures over our birds' cages, but
havent synchronized them with daylight yet.

Does anyone know where I can find a dawn-to-dusk appliance
controller?

Note that I said dawn-to-dusk, NOT dusk-to-dawn, because we want the
lights to go ON at dawn and OFF at dusk, not the way they usually do
it with the regular types of controllers, which are for outdoor
lighting.

We also need an appliance controller, to handle the fluorescent
fixtures, not the usual incandescent lamp controller. ( ballasts -
reactive load, not resistive )

I searched Google just now, but only found the dusk-to-dawn types,
and
anything that SAID dawn-to-dusk was mischaracterized and was really
just dusk-to-dawn, so I'm stumped on finding this.

But if someone makes one, it would seem very useful to people with
bird lights like myself.

Why not use an appliance timer ? The type you plug into a socket and
then plug an appliance into that. Set the start & stop times to suit
you.

Because we want it to synchronize with daylight hours.

 

[Baron]

Angela Marsh wrote:

Baron <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote :

Angela Marsh wrote:

We have 7 pet birds in the house and need to synchronize the light
that they get, with the year-around daylight cycle, so as to help
their circadian rhythms and hormone levels.

The problem is that we have a bird room with only one window and it
faces south, so it gets bright sunlight only in the winter and too
little light anyway.

So we've put up full spectrum fixtures over our birds' cages, but
havent synchronized them with daylight yet.

Does anyone know where I can find a dawn-to-dusk appliance
controller?

Note that I said dawn-to-dusk, NOT dusk-to-dawn, because we want the
lights to go ON at dawn and OFF at dusk, not the way they usually do
it with the regular types of controllers, which are for outdoor
lighting.

We also need an appliance controller, to handle the fluorescent
fixtures, not the usual incandescent lamp controller. ( ballasts -
reactive load, not resistive )

I searched Google just now, but only found the dusk-to-dawn types,
and
anything that SAID dawn-to-dusk was mischaracterized and was really
just dusk-to-dawn, so I'm stumped on finding this.

But if someone makes one, it would seem very useful to people with
bird lights like myself.

Why not use an appliance timer ? The type you plug into a socket and
then plug an appliance into that. Set the start & stop times to suit
you.


Because we want it to synchronize with daylight hours.

Then use a relay to invert the output of the dusk-to-dawn sensor.

--
Best Regards:
Baron.

 

[Angela Marsh]

Baron <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote :

Angela Marsh wrote:

Baron <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote :

Angela Marsh wrote:

We have 7 pet birds in the house and need to synchronize the light
that they get, with the year-around daylight cycle, so as to help
their circadian rhythms and hormone levels.

The problem is that we have a bird room with only one window and it
faces south, so it gets bright sunlight only in the winter and too
little light anyway.

So we've put up full spectrum fixtures over our birds' cages, but
havent synchronized them with daylight yet.

Does anyone know where I can find a dawn-to-dusk appliance
controller?

Note that I said dawn-to-dusk, NOT dusk-to-dawn, because we want
the
lights to go ON at dawn and OFF at dusk, not the way they usually
do
it with the regular types of controllers, which are for outdoor
lighting.

We also need an appliance controller, to handle the fluorescent
fixtures, not the usual incandescent lamp controller. ( ballasts -
reactive load, not resistive )

I searched Google just now, but only found the dusk-to-dawn types,
and
anything that SAID dawn-to-dusk was mischaracterized and was really
just dusk-to-dawn, so I'm stumped on finding this.

But if someone makes one, it would seem very useful to people with
bird lights like myself.

Why not use an appliance timer ? The type you plug into a socket
and
then plug an appliance into that. Set the start & stop times to
suit
you.


Because we want it to synchronize with daylight hours.

Then use a relay to invert the output of the dusk-to-dawn sensor.

Thanks. I was thinking of using 2 dusk-dawn switches in series with an
LED night light, but that's simpler.

 

[Baron]

Angela Marsh wrote:

Baron <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote :

Angela Marsh wrote:

Baron <baron.nospam@linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote :

Angela Marsh wrote:

We have 7 pet birds in the house and need to synchronize the light
that they get, with the year-around daylight cycle, so as to help
their circadian rhythms and hormone levels.

The problem is that we have a bird room with only one window and
it faces south, so it gets bright sunlight only in the winter and
too little light anyway.

So we've put up full spectrum fixtures over our birds' cages, but
havent synchronized them with daylight yet.

Does anyone know where I can find a dawn-to-dusk appliance
controller?

Note that I said dawn-to-dusk, NOT dusk-to-dawn, because we want
the
lights to go ON at dawn and OFF at dusk, not the way they usually
do
it with the regular types of controllers, which are for outdoor
lighting.

We also need an appliance controller, to handle the fluorescent
fixtures, not the usual incandescent lamp controller. ( ballasts -
reactive load, not resistive )

I searched Google just now, but only found the dusk-to-dawn types,
and
anything that SAID dawn-to-dusk was mischaracterized and was
really just dusk-to-dawn, so I'm stumped on finding this.

But if someone makes one, it would seem very useful to people with
bird lights like myself.

Why not use an appliance timer ? The type you plug into a socket
and
then plug an appliance into that. Set the start & stop times to
suit
you.


Because we want it to synchronize with daylight hours.

Then use a relay to invert the output of the dusk-to-dawn sensor.


Thanks. I was thinking of using 2 dusk-dawn switches in series with an
LED night light, but that's simpler.

FWIW I took a look at my porch light. It has a relay in it with a
single pole change over contact set ! It basically removes power from
the light during daylight hours...

--
Best Regards:
Baron.