Philips Hue Hue Outdoor 40W Power Supply, Black

Makes taking the puppy outside very convenient. Like most Hue products they is very reliable.

I have three of the older model HUE motion detectors. The older model has a screw in each corner of the back of the unit. This is what holds the rear cover on. This new model has one screw in the center of the back. The new model is a big improvement.

I bought this new sensor to work in a zone with one of my existing sensors. But because this new sensor has such a better range, I don’t need the older one. I guess I’ll keep it as a spare. The older model has a range of about 20 ft from the sides and 30 ft head on. This new model is about 30 ft on the sides and about 60 ft head on.

I use Hubitat for home automation. All of my sensors connect directly to the Hubitat hub. You don’t need the Hue hub for these sensors. I do have a Hue hub and the only thing I use it for is the one remaining Hue bulb that I have.

One last thing on batteries, don’t use rechargeable batteries. It states that in the manual. I have noticed that the range of these Hue sensors drops when the battery voltages gets down to about 1.4v. New, AA batteries are about 1.55v. I generally get about a year out of my batteries before I have to replace them. Getting the rear cover off can be tricky. This year I put silicone grease on the rubber seal. Hopefully that will make the covers easier to get off in the future.

We have automated outside lights, but no good solution to ensure that they turn on when someone arrives. We connected this outdoor Hue Motions Sensor to our Hubitat Hub and now the automated lights turn on every time someone arrives home.

Very solid product. No complains here.

Solo es de 100w osea para 4 luces de 24w no mas

I have been using an indoor motion sensor under an eave to provide motion lighting at my front door. It worked well down to 20’F, but any time humidity levels were high it went a little crazy, randomly triggering almost continually. I was glad to find this outdoor device compatible with my Hubitat Hub, but was a bit taken aback by the price, but, I needed it, as late Fall was here and the other sensor was starting to have problems.

When I opened the box, it definitely seemed that this Philips Hue unit was built for the weather, as it is chunky and robust. I wanted to take the back off to see how the batteries were replaced (I do not rate the pictorial instruction very high in this regard), and it was stuck on. I eventually got it off without causing considerable damage. The batteries test full.

Configuring it with my Hubitat C-7 Hub was a piece of cake, and the device configuration panel was well populated with fields to adjust the operation of the sensor. Installation on the wall in the same place as the prior unit was also easy with the provided flat wall mount & hardware, and the included corner mount was a nice touch. Philips does try to give you your money’s worth!

It is Fall, and leaves are moving, and this thing was triggering like crazy! Eventually, the Motion Sensitivity was reduced all the way to Low, with still many triggers. The routine to trigger the Front Light was eventually changed to activate only if the sensor was active for longer than 10 seconds, while the sensors Motion Retrigger interval was changed to 10 seconds. That provided a better night time solution, but it seems to trigger when there are no leaves moving, so bugs must be moving (or traffic on the street trigger it +100′ away). On Low Sensitivity, the light awakens when our car is half-way down the drive, so this sensor does seems to reach out very far.

Hopefully, it provides durable operation through our NEOhio winter weather. Hopefully sleet & snow don’t trigger it!!!