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    Default Dual sensor Dual head motion light?

    Are motion lights made that have 2 lamps and 2 separate motion sensors?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sandyman720
    Are motion lights made that have 2 lamps and 2 separate motion sensors?

    I have installed a dozen motion sensors on just one head so I would think that you can arrange them in the fashion your mind can imagine.

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    I want 2 lamps and 2 sensors on 1 mounting. That way I can put it on the eve overhang and aim 1 down 1 wall and the other down the other wall.

    Do they make them like this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sandyman720
    I want 2 lamps and 2 sensors on 1 mounting. That way I can put it on the eve overhang and aim 1 down 1 wall and the other down the other wall.

    Do they make them like this?
    Yes

    If you have two sensors in the same spot they will over ride each other.

    EDIT for spelling
    thought that you spelled 2 as tow
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    I've not seen one like that...doesn't mean they don't exist. Simple answer, install two separate units.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jadnashua
    I've not seen one like that...doesn't mean they don't exist. Simple answer, install two separate units.
    The problem with two sensors and two heads at the same location is they will interfere with each other. Either both lights will come on at the same time or one light will tell the other sensor that it is daytime and it will not work.

    I have installed sensors all around a building so that any movement will turn on all the lights through a contactor.

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    Couldn't you just wire one sensor to one light, the other sensor to the other light? No seeing why there'd be interference in that case...

    Of course, I'm not sure they make a 4-hole lampholder cover, which you would need for that setup.
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