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Votatec's VO-ECSTR4FT-347V-5WAY-S is a 4ft linkable linear strip with a microwave occupancy sensor built into the housing. It reads movement through the polycarbonate diffuser, so nothing hangs below the fixture.
Set power and colour on the DIP switches: 12W, 20W, 30W, 35W or 40W, and 3500K through 5700K. Tested output runs 1,810 to 5,699 lumens at CRI 80+.
Steel housing, AC120-347V, 0-10V dimming, cETL damp-listed, 5-year warranty.
What are the downsides of using motion sensor lights?
Two things go wrong: false triggering and missed detection.
Microwave sensors see through plastic, so this one reads past the diffuser into whatever sits nearby. The remote-control manual warns that metal, glass and concrete bounce the signal back, so a fixture mounted within 30 cm of those surfaces can sit lit permanently. Moving air does the same. Keep it clear of fan outlets and exposed motors.
Missed detection is the reverse. The sensor responds to movement between 0.3 and 1 m/s. Someone working with their hands at a bench can drop below that and get switched off mid-task. Set a longer hold time there, or raise the standby dim level so it never goes dark.
How high can you mount it?
About 3 m, and no higher than 4 m, per the remote-control manual. Keep 3 m between any two sensors so they don't read each other. On a continuous row that means a sensor on roughly every third fixture, the rest following on the shared 0-10V pair.
Which power setting earns its place?
20W. The fixture's own photometric files put that step at 3,143 lumens and 152 lm/W at 4500K, the most efficient of the five. At 40W it measures 5,699 lumens and 144 lm/W. A 400 sq ft shop at 30 foot-candles needs about three fixtures at 40W. Every step tested higher than the printed sheet, so read the published 130 lm/W as a floor.
What it links to, and what it needs
Twelve fixtures per run at 40W, or 41 at 12W, against the 500W linking limit. Each draws 0.46A at 120V and 0.16A at 347V, so a 347V feed carries far more per circuit. Dimming is 0-10V, with tested dimmers listed by part number: Lutron NTSTV-DV, Leviton DS710-10Z and IP710, Legrand RH4FBL3PW. Reserved knockouts take an optional emergency battery. It's damp-rated, so it belongs indoors.
For sensor presets, the daylight threshold table and the false-trigger checklist, open the RC Manual, and pull the IES set for the full 5-CCT photometry. Send us your fixture count and mounting height and we'll come back with a wholesale quote and a linking layout.
