Bathroom Magic Mirror

spitzlbergerj · Feb 18, 2020, 5:16 AM

Hi, I’ve tried several options:

Motion detector in the mounting arm of the lamp
Radar sensor behind the glass
Radar sensor inside near the frame
Radar sensor outside on the lower frame

Actually, only the latter works well. And that’s how it’s stayed now. The foil of the mirror shields just about everything. Actually the motion detector in the lamp arm should do the job. But apparently it is also shielded by the aluminium so that it didn’t work.

So not yet an optimal solution …

Fozi · Feb 18, 2020, 5:28 AM

@otto I put a microwave sensor behind the Glas and it works reliably. You can find my tutorial if you follow the link in my signature.

secdude · Feb 19, 2020, 12:45 AM

Hallo Josef,

how happy are you with the chrome spy mirror glas? is the reflected image brigth enough or is it too dark to operate as the main bathroom mirror? Any comments from the wife?;) I’m about to order the same from glas star.

Beste Grüsse,
Mat

spitzlbergerj · Feb 19, 2020, 5:23 AM

Hi, Mat,

my wife and I are very happy with our mirror and we would both not want to miss it anymore. The mirror is a little darker than a normal mirror. But it is perfectly adequate as a bathroom mirror. My wife has never complained about the (missing) brightness. And I myself am also very satisfied.
But before I bought the mirror, I had built a “sample mirror” for my wife from the sample glasses that you can get from the supplier. At that time the direct comparison was possible and the conversion was officially “approved”. :-)

Grüße
Sepp

secdude · Feb 25, 2020, 10:41 PM

Thanks for that!

evgeniy88 · Jul 24, 2020, 1:23 PM

Impressive work. How many cans of silicone did you use?

spitzlbergerj · Jul 24, 2020, 1:23 PM

Hi @evgeniy88,
I probably needed a lot less than half a can. The relief of the milling helps to save material and still guarantee stability.

Soon I will start building a bathroom mirror cabinet with a magic mirror. I will post the details in this forum again. :-)

Best regards
Josef

evgeniy88 · Jul 31, 2020, 6:32 AM

Thanks for your posts. At first I was skeptical about the idea of gluing a mirror on silicone, but now I want to use your design.

spitzlbergerj · Jul 31, 2020, 7:09 AM

Thanks a lot
Josef

tootiemac3 · Aug 3, 2020, 10:53 AM

Hi,
Thank you for all this info.
I am at the very start of my magic mirror journey and came across you mirror which is simply fantastic.
I noticed you had metal LED buttons on the side of your frame which I would like to install one in mine for powering opn/off.
Having looked at button tutorials I see most are just 2 jumper wires to the GIPO is this the same for your buttons?
How is the LED powered?

thanks!
Vicki