Does anyone know of any outdoor motion sensors available for zwave? I know there are outdoor sensors for x-10 systems, but I’m trying to avoid having to buy an adapter to make my Vera 3 x-10 compatable.
Not at this time. many have used the indoor motion sensors outside. Do a search on the forum as this has been brought up many times.
- Garrett
Not cheap, but here’s something:
http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave/sensors/z-wave-argus-outdoor-motion-detector-p-1051.html
It’s amazing (to me) how much design effort is put into the Euro stuff compared to the U.S. stuff.
It may also explain why the Euro stuff has designer price tags! $220? Dang…
As long as the indoor units (being used outdoors) are not submersed in water they work fine outdoors as is, if it’s gonna get wet, you could possibly completely encase the electronics (except the sensor & battery) in Plasti dip or something similar.
JOD.
And there has been a report of a sensor in an upside-down plastic sandwich bag working just fine.