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Recommendations for wireless PIR

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I thought this would be straightforward but I seem to be going round in cicles.

I live out in the sticks and it's pitch black in the evenings. As a temporary measure I would like to put a battery powered wireless PIR at the end of my drive and link it to a receiver in the woodshed, some 40m distant, to turn on the external lights on said shed hoping to prevent Mrs G fracturing something in all the potholes. I've already run power to the shed with the intention of carrying that on to the gateway at some yet to be specified time in the future.

So, I would be very grateful for any recommendations for suitable kit as Google doesn't seem to be co-operating tonight.

Many thanks.

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    Exactly so Mike, although perhaps not the second part of the paragraph.

    Unless I've misunderstood the scant instructions the link shows some wild eyed strigiforme plugged into a house socket to warn you of imminent arrival. Perhaps with a twit or a woo depending on the guest.

    I'm frustrated because I installed exactly the system I want at a massive country pile to light up their rather grand approach steps but due to my rapidly declining cognative abilities I can't remember the manufacturer. Although I think Wilts were the supplier.

    Mind you, it was fraught with problems and I ended up digging up Sir's flowerbeds and laying cables. He said "you  can't beat a bit of wire, can you?"

    I was rather hoping technology had advanced a bit since then.

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    Exactly so Mike, although perhaps not the second part of the paragraph.

    Unless I've misunderstood the scant instructions the link shows some wild eyed strigiforme plugged into a house socket to warn you of imminent arrival. Perhaps with a twit or a woo depending on the guest.

    I'm frustrated because I installed exactly the system I want at a massive country pile to light up their rather grand approach steps but due to my rapidly declining cognative abilities I can't remember the manufacturer. Although I think Wilts were the supplier.

    Mind you, it was fraught with problems and I ended up digging up Sir's flowerbeds and laying cables. He said "you  can't beat a bit of wire, can you?"

    I was rather hoping technology had advanced a bit since then.

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