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Ok Space Cat I'll look out for your reply. Thanks again for your time.

Hi Space Cat, you haven't disappointed me. I am grateful for the help you've offered. Relays it is then. Okay, my next questions are: 1. Where do I get them? 2. What do I ask for? 3. How do I connect them up? 4. How would I connect them up with the regular filament bulbs as...

Bernard, no the PIRs are not connected to the sockets timer as that switches the sockets OFF after dark also I need to be able to control the lights via the PIRs' individual timers. Ideally, the house activated PIR only needs about 20 seconds as sufficient time to light someone's exit from the...

Space Cat , yes it does react strangely if I attach an ordinary light switch and just flick the switch on and off again. It seems to restart the timer on the PIR and so if that is the case it would appear that one PIR being activated, i.e. the Gate PIR, turns on the lights and then when the 2nd...

Thank you all for your time on this. I couldn't upload the diagram that would have showed it was wired correctly as Taylors diagram. Here is some additional information that might be of interest and some help. The lights and Gate PIR were installed 3 years ago by an electrician who...

Hello everyone, thanks so much for your time and help on this. Stephen, they are fed from the same circuit and they were wired as in Taylor's diagram. Hence I am at a loss. I removed the one when they wouldn't work together. Bernard, if their being in parallel is the same as Taylor's...

Hi Taylor, they are both stand alone PIRs as they provide power to three 100w lights. Hi Tim, I tried that but once the power has looped it doesn't seem to matter what I do with the timers the lights can be on for a second or two and then once activated again they might stay on for 5 minutes...

Hi JJ, I do not wish to faff around with relays as I'm not sure what one is. The problem I have is that I would like to have two PIRs supplying the lights from two different approaches, one at the gate and one at the front door. The problem that arose from adding the second PIR is that...

Hi all, I have a PIR that switches on the lights to my property when someone comes through the gate. It is great because I have awkward steps that are dangerous in the dark and so it powers several lights at strategic points. My problem is that I would like to have the same lights come on...