wiring up a lighting photocell without a neutral wire?

andyr123 said:

Hi, i want to wire up a photocell switch to my outdoor lights but want to wire it up to the 5amp light switch in the hall. in the old days I had a handy Smiths Timeguard light switch , the size of a normal UK wall light switch and it had a photocell in it and then a timer up to 8hours (so turned light on at dusk and programmable up to 8 hours) but that is discontinued now. From my memory (and I am not sure how it managed to do it) but the switch did not need a neutral wire to operate. You just simply used the existing live wires of the existing light switch (permanent live & switched live) . so my light switch in the hall just has the normal live wires and earth wire in the back box, no neutral wire of course. any ideas how I could wire up a photocell to it or what has replaced the smiths timeguard switch that does not need a neutral wire?

this was the timeguard switch (model numberZV210):
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Risteard said:

Are you ever on boards.ie now? I see you are missed by many there when you're not on. You're a national treasure at this stage.

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andyr123 said:

yeah , still on there - i haven't seen anyone say they miss me lol. its more than likely a godsend haha

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