As in regular lights?
Maybe PIR sensors/switches will do the job.
I'd prefer it to be a bit smarter than that, Ideally I'd like it to work out the direction I'm heading in and have the lights on when I get there
(wife's epilepsy is a bit photosensitive so PIR is a non-starter, she can go over from a single flash)
I am sorry about your wife's E, Jon; my daughter has it, medically intractable so it is a hard road for her.
it's not much fun, but on the brighter side she is down from up to 20 seizures a day 20 years ago to 2-3 a week now
sorry to hear about your daughter, it's a shit condition that nobody seems to know much about
How do you mean photosensitive to PIR?
Does she have an issue with Burglar Alarm sensors?
I mean a PIR will turn a light on suddenly right where she is, and that can (often) trigger a siezure
Ah right, I get it now.
Is she better with "soft-start" dimmed lights which go from 0%-100% gradually? Rather than instant on?
yes, but I didn't know they existed until yesterday - going to look into changing quite a few of ours
You might find a lot of dimmer switches don't work with energy saving bulbs if you use them.
Incandescents and halogens generally work fine. Or you can buy special dimmable LED or CFLs but they start costing quite a lot - but may be worth it in your case.
we were in the hospital yesterday and found a lot of lights that came on quite dim but brightened to full power reasonably quickly (not like energy bulbs that take forever to 'warm up')
I'm going to find out more about them and change a few of ours, see how she gets on with thoseĀ
currently we have the kids and most people we know trained to tell her before turning on any lights, so she can look away, some lights are never off