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Arcade room turned on by Motion Sensor?

By DumbRecords

3 years ago



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    #1 3 years ago

    Hello, I'm trying to think of a way I could turn on all the machines in my arcade via motion sensor. Currently I have 10 games that are turned on by 2 surge protectors. Basically you have to squeeze between the games to flip on the 2 surge protectors. I was wondering about making it easier by connecting to a motion dectector so basically all you have to do is walk into the room and everything turns on.

    My arcade is open to the public but I figure there are a lot of days of infrequent use, and I would like to save energy if the games aren't being played.

    The closest thing I've found so far is this thing on amazon. It's almost perfect except I want a timer that lasts at least an hour before everything shuts back off. So far the timers on these things only go up to 20 mins.

    https://www.amazon.com/Westek-MLC12BC-4-Indoor-Activated-Control/dp/B009KSECO8/ref=sr_1_11

    The other challenge is the motion sensor needs to be a good distance away from the wall outlet so it can actually positioned to detect motion of someone walking into the gameroom.

    I'm also hoping to not use a smart phone app to control it as I figure that will come with its own reliability challenges over time and make the solution more complicated than necessary.

    Hoping someone has an idea on how to tackle this.

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