Recent content by DaveH1954

Hi guys, apologies for delay. The new light is asking for three wires - live, neutral and earth. I connected the light up earlier today using three wires as suggested earlier by “opps” and isolated the SL at both the light and the switch. The light only comes on through the PIR as expected. If I...

So what would the wiring look like if I retained the switch live functionality and would it override the PIR and keep the light on permanently if the switch is in the on position?

Many thanks opps. Yes to both. I’ll follow your suggestions as to isolating the SL and wiring the three remaining cables.

Many thanks opps. What’s throwing me is that two of the wires have had tape added. The white wire has a piece of blue tape and I’m assuming this is neutral and the black wire has a piece of brown tape which I’m assuming is the switch live.

Hi, I’m trying to replace an old outside light with pir function with a newer version which also has pir function inbuilt. I was expecting to see three cables - L,N & E but there are four wires connected to the old light. Picture attached shows existing wiring - as the new light only needs...