Hi

I have a Light circuit that works perfectly out doors were there is a big change between Light and Dark.
I have built a second circuit for indoors to turn on a LED lamp at night and go off in the day but the room just doesn't get bright enough in the day for the LDR to pick up the change and turn off the LED.

I am just wondering if I change the potentiometer to a 100k would this help. Or should I change the 100R resistor

 

hi paddy,
You could try increasing the value of the 100R to say 10K.
E

 

Ldr are useless for sensitive light, better to use a photo diode like TEPT5700, BPW34,

Ideally get an ohm metre ,and measure the resistance of the ldr in the darkroom in different places, that will give you an idea of its resistance increase, then you can make the pot value to suit.

 

Have you thought about the feedback loop?

Maybe the reason why the circuit isn't switching the light off when the sun rises, is because the room is lit by the light >.<

 

Similar answer to Eric's.
Remove the 100R and fit a temporary potentiometer. Adjust to suit switch ON and switch OFF.
Then fit a suitable fixed resistor.

 

Sorry for the slow reply I was sick. Thanks everybody for the quick reply much appreciated .

hi paddy,
You could try increasing the value of the 100R to say 10K.
E

I will give it a go.

Ldr are useless for sensitive light, better to use a photo diode like TEPT5700, BPW34,

Ideally get an ohm metre ,and measure the resistance of the ldr in the darkroom in different places, that will give you an idea of its resistance increase, then you can make the pot value to suit.

Would the TEPT5700, BPW34, work in my circuit or would I need to build a new circuit

Have you thought about the feedback loop?

Maybe the reason why the circuit isn't switching the light off when the sun rises, is because the room is lit by the light >.<

Originally I did this this but I put the LDR on fly leads and removed it from my light source.

Similar answer to Eric's.
Remove the 100R and fit a temporary potentiometer. Adjust to suit switch ON and switch OFF.
Then fit a suitable fixed resistor.

Will give this a go

 

Greetings,
I don't know if this will help...
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/sanity-check-2-ultra-sensitive-light-sensor.140887/
It is a project I'm working on and it is SUPER sensitive.