outdoor security lighting

[x28baw]

I recently installed 2 PIR security Lamps (each of 60w).

I have wired them directly to the mains supply from my garage with a 3amp fused plug! Is this OK?

I had to take the light switch out of the circuit as it kept tripping the rcd on the mains board??

I am currently having problems as the lights stay on permanently once the plug is switched on? I have tried resetting the circuit as described in the instalation instruction but to no avail?

Please help!

 

[Steve]

Were there 4 terminals in the lights? You will have L, SL, N, E where SL is the feed from the PIR to the bulb. I bet you have connected Live here. It should be to L.

How have you wired each light?

How did you wire the switch? Did it trip an RCD or an MCB?

The 3amp plug is fine, though i think you mean 13A plug with a 3A fuse fitted.

 

[x28baw]

Were there 4 terminals in the lights? You will have L, SL, N, E where SL is the feed from the PIR to the bulb. I bet you have connected Live here. It should be to L.

How have you wired each light?

How did you wire the switch? Did it trip an RCD or an MCB?

The 3amp plug is fine, though i think you mean 13A plug with a 3A fuse fitted.

there were only 3 terminals in each light! all i did was connect the live - live, neutral - neutral and earth - earth to the connection block in the light fittings!
I have run both lights in sequence then to the plug!
the switch tripped the rcd on the master board

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[Steve]

ok, the switch: i suspect you connected it thus:

lives to com
neutrals to L1

Clue: never connect neutrals to switches - sure fire way to create a neutral-live short, passing thousands of amps. This will trip an MCB, and possibly an RCD.

Does the PIR in the light have some adjustments on it?