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Motion Detector Hack For Halloween Prop Controllers
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2013
- I have had a few people ask me now how to do the infamous motion detector hack to be used as a prop controller for Halloween. So I rounded up a few bits and pieces and created a tutorial for everyone!
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excellent video man. you helped me save my faulty sensor on my halloween prop with minimal cost and hassle. A+
I happen to buy this setup the other day from Lowe's without seeing this. Didn't even think about the threaded stake. Another trip is needed. Thanks.
Absolutely awesome man. Just stumbled on your channel today and watched a bunch of your videos. I gotta say its only May and I'm already pumped for October! I've So many crazy ideas from you for this year. Thanks so much for this awesome content! Keep up the great work!
Branjokazooie Thank you so much!!!! Glad to hear people find my crazy videos helpful!
This is a sweet how to, Glad you made this to help out. We made several of these set ups last year and its such a great cheap and easy solution to activate all our props in the yard and in the walk through. We plan on making more if we can, Thanks again =)
Very nice! I followed your guide and was careful to check the measurements for the clamps at the hardware store. lol. It's amazing what kind of range these things are capable of and I had never thought to use them for a DIY motion sensor before. It opens a world of possibilities for my homemade Halloween and Christmas props!
Its a great hack for sure!!
Just made mine this weekend....went smooth with your coaching. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome tutorial! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I just set this up myself and your video was a great help. You have a new subscriber!
Thanks!!!!
sweet tutorial man, I had the motion censor activate a power strip in my shops bathroom. Plugged some 12volt Led flood lamps into it. one less light to turn off at night and will save me power. thanks!
Thanks for the compliments everyone! Glad to help out my fellow haunters in anyway I can!
yeah sometimes you can find the whole thing for cheaper than the replacement itself, its easy enough to separate the motion detector from the housing and then go from there. I am always keeping an eye our for people tossing these things as well when they do upgrades and such to their houses
Just got a motion detector. wanted to install it so when I walked in my shop. But I had an extension cord with three wires in and three wires out two wires out of motion detector two wires in. Your video showed how to hook up the wires. Thank you.
Awesome glad to know it helped!!!
well done!
Made a similar version out of a 3 plug extension cord for last season , almost the very same way , well done
Another excellent video. Well done. Thanks.
You mentioned plugging the bottom of the outlet...Ima girl...what with? Newspaper? lol Thanks for showing this, I'll do it.
Turns out it was a faulty cable. Got a new one and it works just fine. Thanks for the great idea
Thanks! And of course by all means use it always happy to help a fellow haunter out!
Nice, I was just thinking about making one of these for a brand New Prop I built...
You do awesome work buddy.I'm gonna have to use this for my haunt if you don't mind
You should probably use electrical tape on the wire nut (just so that the wire nut doesn’t fall off)
Awesome! Glad to hear you got it working!!
Thank you. for your video i needed this for my prop, now off to lowes!
You are the man. Thanks for this helpful video!
What a great how to. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks!!!
great video thanks,I will be building two of them and will let you know how it goes and thanks love your videos.
Thanks!!
Great video man. I loved it...
thanks for the great video. I just finished my second one.
When you say do it right with wiring, You should not be using what's call a non matalic connector for wet locations.. Should be using a 1/2-in BX-MC-Flex Connector. This will prevent moister from entering the box and collecting on the terminals as well inside the box. Also should be using Teflon tape on all the male threads to help keep moister out of the box and in case it rains too.
Great how to. I need to make a few of these too. I bought the whole unit tho, it was $12 at HD.
Thats awesome to hear glad I could help out!
Thanks a lot. My motion detector don't have the switch for ignoring the photocell. It wasn't a really big problem, just put a piece of tape on the photocell and voila!
Great vid. Thanks!
Just the thing to trigger the Monster-In-A-Box I'm currently working on.
Thank you. I appreciated your video.
Hi great video would this work for a pneumatic solenoid?
Got my Heathco Replacement Motion Sensor 3.125 x 4 x 2.75 in. HZ-5316-BZ at Midland Hardware (online). They use Paypal and had the cheapest shipping. Shiatsu massager turns on every time I swipe my hand in front of it. Thanks Eerie Acres!
Any recommendations for a daylight/nighttime motion sensor that can power an outlet? I’m trying to power a deer motor and lights to operate day or night & so far 2 motion sensors I bought didn’t work.
Great video! Thanks sir!
I enjoyed your video.
Thank you!!
man that is awesome! i wish i would of done this one instead of the other one i done.
No problem let me know how it turns out!
very nice man...
I did this exactly but it won't run my deer moter prop for some reason but it will power lights. Why?
Got a new motion sensor replacement at Lowe’s after hooking up your box ONLY works for a light NOTHING else- trying to get a deer motor to work and nothing. Tried a fan or any kind of motor nothing - Help!!!
I hope you see this, I noticed your video was published in 2013. I was wondering if this could be done so that the motion detector could have its own power supply and use a strobe, or something that does a single flash of light like a flash of a camera. We live on an acreage and there is a pesky kid that loves to sneak around the whole neighborhood in the woods at night. I would love for him to think he's been caught. I can use a soldering iron and twist wires, but don't have the know how to create this idea. Still loved your video and look forward to another one, hopefully show me how to do this idea. Thanks
the motion detector could probably run on a large battery but whatever you plug into it would also need a power supply. you could possibly use a 12v motion detector to set off a battery powered strobe!
Can you make a video doing that? I know I can do it, I just need some directions. Thanks for the quick reply.
thanks for your time awesome
awesome! I just learned something and Ima girl!
Hello is there any way I get contact you directly, I am wanting to perform this on a few animatronic options that I have
Awesome
I stumbled upon this video kind of late after you post it
but since this is going to be and outdoor are you plugging the box into a GFI outlet or not? If not you should use a GFI outlet since it might rain on the day you get to use it. Just an Idea.
All of my outdoor outlets are on a GFI circuit but you are correct its important for people to be cautious when using any electrical props outdoor and make sure the outlets have the proper protection.
OMG!! I've been trying to google to find out how to match different colored wires for this! (Since last year...LOL!)
HELP!!! My motion sensor has red, blue and brown wires. My plug wire (from a computer) has black, white and green. HOW DO I MATCH THEM?????
I just built one of these......all wires connected cleanly and correctly however when I plug it into a GFCI outlet it keeps tripping. Is there something Im missing?
Hey Ant, do you recall what spotlight you have in this video?
Hi SLAM! This was a led spot light that Homedepot was selling a few years ago as part of their holiday items. They were cool they were only 8 bucks each. I havent seen them again since then but hopefully they bring them back.
I just spent that much on making my own and probably a fraction of brightness. Wrong place at the wrong time I guess LOL
Yeah I really wish I had bought more of them hopefully they show back up again for the holidays at some point!!
Will turning the motion detector sideways give me more of a direct in front beam versus The fan that it normally has
I suppose it would if i need to make the detection area smaller i just use tape to cover the edges of the sensor
How come your motion detector didn't have a green? Mine had 4 wires: red, white, black and green.
+Michelle Pernula Normally the green would be on the lights themselves I have not seen a motion detector with a green yet but its not a problem at all. the green is ground so be sure to tie into the other grounds and you should be just fine! Hope this helps!
I did exactly what you showed and light still flickers. It does have the dual bright setting. I have that setting on OFF and still flickers. I wished I had another one motion sensor to switch it out with but I would have to go to the store.
Just read where you suggested changing LED bulb. Regular bulbs work now but it seems like there isn't enough power to run a pencil sharpener. I haven't gotten my wiper motor yet, but I'm guessing it may not provide enough power to run the motor.
All of my wiper motors run on hacked motion detectors like this one I like to do that so the motors arent running all night for no reason if no one is there to see them. I have had one motion detector in the past that wouldnt run a wiper motor if it was set to test mode so simply setting it to run for 1 minute instead of being test mode fixed the issue, try that be sure to either try it at night or black out the photocell sensor otherwise it wont work until it thinks its dark
Thanks for responding. I think I figured out the problem. The stupid pencil sharpener itself. Plug the sharpener in another outlet and was doing the same then it finally quit, so the pencil sharpener is now deceased. I plugged in my 120V belt sander into the motion detector outlet and worked just fine. So the setup was good, and everything seems to work now. Thanks!
I built this and it does work, however the motion sensor is not made for high amperage draw. Wiper motors run very slow. High draw motors won't run at all. It is a bit disappointing.
check your setup and make sure the dim feature that i mention in this video is not turned on. I use this same setup for my wiper motors and they work just fine no issues what so ever. I made a few these to give to my fellow haunter down the street and he uses them on his wiper motors as well also without any issues. Also make sure its putting out a full 112v when turned on some motion detectors are made to work with CFL and LED lights and put out a smaller voltage
Can you use a gfci outlet with this?
its possible but you might run into issues with the reset switch needing to be pressed after being powered on and off a bunch of times but I cant say for sure.
Where did you get the stake from? It screws right into the threads of the box? What is it called? I cant seem to find one anywhere.
+Dave Turner It came from an outdoor light kit I got from homedepot and it does screw right into the threads on the box sadly I cant seem to find these stakes outside of that light kit which is odd because I swear I have seen just the stakes by themselves in the past. I will have to do some more looking
+Eerie Acres Cemetery- I did find one at Home Depot. Thanks. www.homedepot.com/p/Malibu-Metal-Replacement-Stake-8101-4820-01/204489892
awesome thanks!!! Now I know where to find them in store!
I made 2 of these and have a problem. I am using them to power reindeer motors. IF I only plug in the motor, it can hear a noise from the motor, but it will not rotate. Only after I plug in something else, will the motor turn. Any ideas?
+Michael Keller thats very odd indeed. check to see if your motion detector has a "Dual Bright" setting if it does be sure to turn that off and see if it helps. Does it only do this with the motor? if you plug in just a light by itself does it work fine?
How would you recommend turning on atmosfx on a screenprojector when someone triggers it by moving close enough? Any ideas?
You are in luck! Atmosfx has just made a brand new media player that has a trigger with it! you just load your files up on it and then the trigger will play the file once it goes off! atmosfx.com/products/atmosfx-media-player-2017
Cool
Nice video!
Do these motion detectors work with 12VAC solenoid air gang switches?
I want to use motion detection with my pneumatic cylinders...
Thanks!!
it would if you hooked up 12v power supplies to the gang switches then ran the power supplies off of the plugs, also you could look into switching the 12v system out for 110v ac systems and plug them right into this as well. Im using 110v solenoids on my pneumatics
I just don't wanna run 120VAC across the lawn for safety reasons. I suppose I could run the motion detector wiring through some underground PVC to the front porch... :)
I only want the motion setting off the 12VDC solenoid switches on a control panel on the covered porch or garage, but I still need sound and lighting at the props near the sidewalks...Hmmmm
i would put 12v power supplies close to the motion detector then just run the 12v across the card to the solenoid then it should work just fine that way!
I was thinking of having a control board up under the front porch with all 12VDC solenoids, air regulator, shut off valve, and power supplies mounted on the board. This way I only need tubing (2 runs per pneumatic cylinder) to run through a buried PVC pipe to the props.
I have seen hacks of these wireless driveway motion detectors from Harbor Freight ($10)
Still not sure how to trip the 12VDC solenoid using these though...
I know in order to use lighting, strobes, blacklights, and sound effects, I will need to run 120VAC to the props.
I have TONS of AC/DC adaptors, 7, 9, 12, 24VDC, etc... which might be a good option, if it doesn't rain during the Halloween season...Lol
Too bad there's no low voltage blacklights or strobe lights invented yet... :(
oh thats a good idea just running the air lines all around the yard would work well too! yeah we are still limited on our 12v lighting for sure haha
You said you were from South Fl. Are you near Ft. Myers? I teach stem and Odyssey of the mind in a small Christian school and are always looking for people to share ideas with my classes.
Hi I am located in Davie near Fort Lauderdale which is kinda far from Ft. Myers I think?
Yes it's at least 2 hours away. We enjoy your video's. I try to educate myself so I can teach these thirsty little minds to create awesome things. Your ideas help. Thanks for posting them :-D
Thanks so much! I'm thrilled to hear that people find my videos helpful!!!
There is something wired backwards. I had the same problem.
I try to plug an led light and a bubble machine in and the light flickers real fast, and the the bubble machine just does the herky jerky any ideas
Make sure your unit doesnt have a dual bright setting on the motion dector that could be causing issues. how does it react when you plug a normal non led light into it?
Eerie Acres Cemetery
It now works fine when I plug two things in the outlet which is fine but weird I'm pretty sure the dual brite is off but I'll triple check
Can you do the same thing with 12v ?
+Chris Katehis probably the easiest thing would be to go this route and have it simply power a 12 power supply to turn a 12v system on and off!
how about for battery operated props do you have anything for that? I guess my motion sensor would need to make some kind of sound to turn on my props
+Donny Linton Don't most battery operated props already have a motion sensor built in? If not it would be easy to hack the battery compartment to work with a wall wort power supply of the same voltage typically 6v, 9v or 12v and then you'd be able to plug that prop into a motion sensor like the one seen here.
+Scott Schultz yeah these battery-operated don't have motion sensor they say they do but they don't they're actually activated by sound by clapping your hands snapping your fingers so how would your system work do you have a video for that hacking into the batteries thanks for the response
+Donny Linton do your props have an option to run on a wall wart? if so you could use this system to simply power a wall wart to power your props. If not as Scott mentioned with some tinkering and soldering you could directly wire a wall wart up to the props
+Eerie Acres Cemetery whats a wall wart? no sure if it does, it just has a try me button and an ON button for sound activated is there some kind of video you can show me thanks for your response
Can you explain applying the ground wire to both the outlet and the gang box? 13:30. Where are you getting the other ground wire and how are you attaching it to the gang box?
The gangbox has its own ground lug (green screw) which you can see on the bottom left hand corner on the inside of the box if you look closely in the video. I just used a spare piece of wire to connect all the grounds together. If something has a ground available on it is always a good idea to ground it just to be safe!
Just buy a PIR sensor for security systems. Much easier and more effective.
how would you do that?
That is totally f-ing awesome. I'm brand new to pneumatics and I'm working on my first popup prop right now from years of building static props. Take a look at our progress so far if you like monstarcraftproductions.com
You're right! Motion sensors are $$$ Currently waiting on my prop controller to do the same thing. Us haunters are like zombies, our power is in numbers!
MonstarCraft Productions
Ok the New Motion sensors from Lowe’s and Home Depot ONLY power a light!! older motion sensors power any and everything electric!!! Imagine it was a reboot for led bulbs?
hmmm thats very possible!!! thats a super bummer that the newer ones wont work for this. guess its time to shop second hand and find old ones people are replacing with newer ones!
Eerie Acres Cemetery I’ve notified on the box if led flood is listed as one of.the bulbs it only works on a light. Imo very odd. Only test I didn’t do was screw in Edison receptacle then plug in a motor but tried everything else ( power strips cube taps and even reversed the wiring.)
thats great i have 3 i want to hack !!! thanks for sharing !!
Waitaminute. You had your hand 2 inches away and it hesitated to go off! What is the distance on those things? They should go off at LEAST 25 feet, you had 2 INCHES and it hesitated to go off. That's a lot of work to do, to have it hesitate at 2 inches!
I have the same type and I've noticed that if you get REALLY close (I'm talking inches), it sometimes doesn't trigger. But then I put it out and stand at the end of my driveway and even across the street and it triggers no problem. For reliability and versatility of range, angles, etc, this really can't be beat IMO.
After much playing around and absolutely NO help from Lowes OR Home Sleepot, I found that unplugging this and THEN switching to the 1 minute mark and THEN plugging it back in sets it to go off properly. What I'm wondering is ~ what would happen if this was hardwired into a detector system. You just can't keep unplugging it unless you turn the circuit breaker off to make any adjustments. They just don't say anything like that in the directions.
Just so everyone is clear on this ~ this motion controller, or any, will NOT effectively turn on animatronics for any length of time other than in the "test" mode, and even then it will not completely cycle through the animatronic, because it will only last about 5 seconds. There is no way around it, so, save your time and money. I've had an electrician check this. SAVE YOUR MONEY. It turns lights on and off. End of story. Big disappointment too.
I'm sorry but none of what you just said is true in the least, there is a reason haunters have been doing this hack for years. These will run your animatronics just fine for any of the pre set time limits on the sensor 1,5, or 10 minutes. I currently use 2 of these to run ALL of my animatronics in the yard display. Keep in mind that when using the preset times it must be dark for the sensor to turn them on just like it wont turn on your flood lights unless its dark. If you are having trouble making this work you are simply doing it wrong. In fact if you want proof of this you can watch my newest video, the part where I walk away from the statue and bend over, yeah thats me waving my hand in front of the sensor notice how my animatronics come to life near the statue and continue to move even though I am no longer in front of the sensor they are set to run on the lowest setting of 1 minute, it works fine in all of the settings 1,5, or 10 minutes here is a link to the video ruclips.net/video/999tH_5Go84/видео.html
Ok, obviously nobody is monitoring this because I don't see anyone answering any remarks. I wired it exactly as you did, and it doesn't work in one minute, three minute, 20 minutes or whatever. Just the test setting, and it only lasts for about 6 seconds. What kind of prop do you want to run for 6 seconds, and spend $35 on all these parts ! This is a waste of time , intelligence and money. So?
Please see my reply above keep in mind the preset times will not work unless its dark if you need to use this in a lit area be sure to cover the photocel sensor on it first
I have electrical tape over the top of the photocell. First thing I figured. The problem ~ is the animatronics that are sold in the stores that have their own "photocell" and has phrases that it says. It seems that they pop on, and end half way through the sentence, and won't work at all in preset times. One of them.....even sounds slow, like there's not enough power to it, and there is no load on it whatsoever.
For sure if you are using store bought props with their own sensors build in then this most likely wont work for you, you will need to find a way to bypass the built in sensors they always turn on when power is supplied to them then this should work you
You should probably use electrical tape on the wire nut (just so that the wire nut doesn’t fall off)