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Security lights

We're going boondocking this weekend and I have been thinking about security lights a little bit.  Does anyone have anything to address visitors at night?  It could even double as "outside lighting" as we don't have much for around the campsite normally.

I'm thinking a suction cup mounted, battery/solar powered motion sensor light would be easy to stick up when you arrive and pull down before you leave, but be able to light up your area based on motion around the coach.

Before I go spend a few hours trying to track down such a contraption, does anyone else use something similar?
Keith
2003 U320 38' #6197

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Quote from: WS6_Keith –
I'm thinking a suction cup mounted, battery/solar powered motion sensor light would be easy to stick up when you arrive and pull down before you leave, but be able to light up your area based on motion around the coach.
I installed exactly the setup you describe (except for the suction cups).  The inconspicuous white plastic mounting brackets are secured with double stick tape at both ends of the OEM porch light (converted to LED).  I lift the solar lights off the brackets and carry them inside when traveling.  When parked, if I want to use the "security lights" I just place them (one, or both) on the brackets.  EASY!

Note:  This light has a hidden AUTO-ON-OFF switch on the back side, so you can leave it in place for solar charging even if you don't want the motion sensor active at night.

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I've done the same as Chuck but mounted them in different places. Changed the OEM porch light with a motion sensor LED light and added a HF motion light just behind the big awing. It's solar and LED, very bright. Have another one to mount on the drivers side but not installed yet.
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Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
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We use the emergency switch over the bed head to put the docking lights on. When we had a really loud noise outside one night boondocking I lit everything up for 50 feet around. I'm not sure who was more surprised me or the moose.
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Thanks for the ideas guys.  I just ordered this guy off Amazon to try:  Amazon LED Light

I like that the back of it is flat, so I can mount a suction cup to it for quick attach/detatch.  It also has a "hanger" built in which may be handy...I'll try it out when I get it.

Remote control to change from motion sensor to constant lighting...that may be handy as a camp light.  2000 lumens and a 12,000mAh battery, solar recharged.  Should last all night.

I'll report back after I test it out.

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Keith
2003 U320 38' #6197

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We have 4 of these and like them a lot. Very bright, settings: off, on bright with motion & off after motion, on dim.

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Interesting subject.  I am not sure we have been anywhere where this seems necessary to us. Maybe times are changing. Maybe something more subtle would be more my style.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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You can buy proximity sensors that are used for backing up systems that tell you when you are getting close to something or for blind spot monitors. They have about a 9 ft range.  I wonder if they could trigger something (a timed latching relay) that would turn on some lighting for a while and then off. Perhaps just ground lighting.  Just turning on some lights should deter most who get too close. I am not sure they need to be high powered, very white flood lights

Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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Our previously mentioned solar LED lights are helpful to keep critters away and also let us know a raccoon is nearby. Not only used for security...

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Quote from: Roger & Susan in Home2 –
Interesting subject.  I am not sure we have been anywhere where this seems necessary to us. Maybe times are changing. Maybe something more subtle would be more my style.
Perhaps it's just the paranoia in me, having grown up in Miami where if you didn't bolt or chain it down, someone would steal it.  Setting up camp and leaving out hundreds of dollars of griddles, tables, etc, always makes me nervous.  An ounce of prevention....
Keith
2003 U320 38' #6197

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We do have a long 5/16" cable that we can thread through things left out and lock them up.  Doesn't get used very often except for bikes. 

The high lumen, high Kelvin temp lights coming on and off at night won't make any friends in the campground.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN
 

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Quote from: Travelin' Man –
Nothing says welcome like one of these under the coach;

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The only problem I can see with that is being woken up every time something innocuous triggered it.
And that includes any neighbors.
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