Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #1808
From: Ed Armstrong <ed@testelectronics.com>
Subject: Electrical ambient light detector
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:22:53 -0800
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Lots of nice ideas on John Barrett's last Electrical post. I built an
adjustable photo cell ambient light detector for my car back in 1980. I
found that the photo resistor I was using was a bit more sensitive to red
light than yellow light. To fix this, I painted the glass cover with a thin
layer of yellow enamel model paint. This allowed me to be able to adjust
the lights to come on as soon as the sun set and the sky turned red.

Regards,
Ed Armstrong
Watsonville CA.
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