150W IP44 Halogen PIR Floodlight - Black - Lamp Not Included

A mains floodlight with a passive infrared sensor built in, rated at 150W and finished in black throughout. It takes a separate halogen lamp, which is not supplied, so the lamp is a choice you make yourself. The housing is a shallow rectangular box with a faceted glass front, moulded cooling ribs along the back and a stirrup bracket that bolts to a wall or a soffit. The sensor head sits below the lamp housing on its own pivot, so it can be aimed independently of the light itself.

Floodlights like this earn their keep on the parts of a house nobody lights for pleasure: a driveway, a side passage, the gap between a garage and a fence, the back door you reach with your hands full. The head tilts on the bracket and the sensor pivots separately, so the beam can be aimed at the ground you want covered while the sensor still looks along the path people approach from. Mount it high enough that the light clears head height and the glass is out of reach. IP44 means protection against splashing water from any direction, which suits an exposed wall or a position under the eaves; it is not a rating for standing water or for a direct jet from a hose.

Halogen gives full brightness the instant it is switched, with no warm-up, which is what a security light needs when something crosses the drive at night. It is also a thirsty technology, so the sensor is doing real work: the lamp only runs while there is movement to light. The manufacturer does not state the lamp cap or length the reflector takes, nor a colour temperature, lumen figure or beam angle, so check the contacts inside the reflector against any lamp before buying. Sold as one floodlight, with a minimum order of one.

Does a lamp come with it?

No. The floodlight is supplied without a lamp, so you buy the halogen lamp separately. The manufacturer does not state which cap or lamp length the reflector takes, so check the contacts inside the housing before ordering one.

Can it be fitted outside?

Yes. IP44 gives protection against splashing water from any direction, which covers a house wall, a porch or a position under the eaves. It is not rated for standing water or for a direct jet from a hose.

What does the PIR sensor actually do?

A passive infrared sensor switches the light on when it picks up movement across its field of view and off again once the movement stops. The sensor pivots separately from the head, so it can be aimed along the approach.

Can it be dimmed?

No dimming information is printed on the retail pack or given in the specification. A sensor floodlight of this kind is normally wired as a plain switched circuit rather than through a dimmer.

How bright will it be?

The fitting is rated at 150W and no lumen figure, colour temperature or beam angle is given by the manufacturer. Output depends on the halogen lamp you fit within that wattage rating.