adding more pir lights.

[dunnijo]

Hi i already have one pir light that works fine, but i want to add two more. i have bought two lights and would like to know the way to wire the second two. i know the lights have a 'slave' live?

can anyone help a man who has had his bike nicked from his shed!!!!

 

[breezer]

wire them in paralell to each other

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about 3rd page for definition of paralel

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Where will the cables from one light to the next run?

What type will they be?

How will you provide them with any mechanical support & protection needed?

Do you know that you may need to apply for Building Regulations approval to install these lights?

 

[sparkyspike]

You can wire them all in parallel as Breezer says, so that they all run off their respective independent PIR sensors. The slave output is only if you want a light without a sensor to be triggered by a light with a sensor. If this is what you want to do, then the original light needs to have a slave output, and the two new lights (with no sensors) would be connected to the slave output of the original light. There is a maximum load (usually 500W?) which you can add to a single light.

 

[dunnijo]

thanks for speedy replies, so basically if i run my next light off the first and so on, ignoring the slaves the lights will all work indiviually. i have had one running off the first but it started to stay on all the time after 6 months, so i thought i must have done it wrong?

must be the sensor or something.

cheers mark