Hi guys, yesterday my existing pir floodlight stopped working. Thinking it was a bulb, but unable to get the old one out due to the screw being rusted, I bought and installed a new one (150w).
At first it didn't work, due to the fuse being blown and me not knowing that at the time, however I replaced the fuse (5amp) and it worked. It went off as normal and back on again but when I went outside a bit later it didn't come on again.
Suspecting the fuse had blown again I changed it and voila it worked once but now it seems to have blown the fuse again.
The light is on a fused switch, the wiring into the light is fine as I doubled checked it when I first installed it and it didn't work. The wiring is trunked along the outside of the house to the switch so I can't imagine there is any damage to that and it's only 18 months old.
That fact that it suddenly happened yesterday on the old lamp, and now the new one could the switch be the fault?
I haven't touched the bulb with my fingers either and at a loss.
At first it didn't work, due to the fuse being blown and me not knowing that at the time, however I replaced the fuse (5amp) and it worked. It went off as normal and back on again but when I went outside a bit later it didn't come on again.
Suspecting the fuse had blown again I changed it and voila it worked once but now it seems to have blown the fuse again.
The light is on a fused switch, the wiring into the light is fine as I doubled checked it when I first installed it and it didn't work. The wiring is trunked along the outside of the house to the switch so I can't imagine there is any damage to that and it's only 18 months old.
That fact that it suddenly happened yesterday on the old lamp, and now the new one could the switch be the fault?
I haven't touched the bulb with my fingers either and at a loss.
