Can someone give me advise how to wire this outdoor sensor light up?

[mking007]

Can someone give me advise how to wire this outdoor sensor light up?​

The yellow and blue wire is only free.

The other brown and blue wires are crimped together, does the house brown wire need to be connected to this brown lot?

I don't have the instruction leaflet with the light, was got of ebay uk, new last year.

The seller is saying the blue and yellow wire are both live, but im not confident about this.

See images

Questions:
The blue neutral wire on the light, does this connects to the blue wire in the house ?
The yellow wire, does this connect to the brown live wire in the house ?
The current earth wire in the house, does this need to be used or just wago it ?


Thanks in advance !

 

[pete01]

Has the brown dropped inside the light?

 

[flameport]

Impossible to know.

As it has
no instructions
no terminal block
no earth connection on what is obviously a metal enclosure
no label to indicate who the manufacturer is
nothing to suggest what those wires are for
nothing indicating what voltage it requires
or whether it's AC or DC

the only sensible option is to return it and obtain a refund.

 

[mking007]

Has the brown dropped inside the light?

no, just checked.

 

[mking007]

Impossible to know.

As it has
no instructions
no terminal block
no earth connection on what is obviously a metal enclosure
no label to indicate who the manufacturer is
nothing to suggest what those wires are for
nothing indicating what voltage it requires
or whether it's AC or DC

the only sensible option is to return it and obtain a refund.

on the side it shows AC 85-265v

On a facebook group i posted, they said its a class 2 fitting.

 

[pete01]

You need to open it up if possible and see what that yellow connects to

 

[flameport]

on the side it shows AC 85-265v

Meaningless without the instructions.

On a facebook group i posted, they said its a class 2 fitting.

As it's made of metal with single insulated conductors inside that is obviously not true.

 

[flameport]

You need to open it up if possible and see what that yellow connects to

It needs to be returned for a refund.

Any other suggestions are just guessing.

 

[chivers67]

The third photo shows an Earth symbol to the left of the screws, who said it was Class 2?

 

[mking007]

The third photo shows an Earth symbol to the left of the screws, who said it was Class 2?

guy on a facebook group - Electrical Q & A

prob end up getting another light.

 

[mking007]

got this reply from the ebay seller

The two wires of the product are directly connected to the power supply, without distinguishing between positive and negative poles.


Clear as mud.

 

[pete01]

got this reply from the ebay seller

The two wires of the product are directly connected to the power supply, without distinguishing between positive and negative poles.


Clear as mud.

How does he know? Take it apart and check

 

[mking007]

How does he know? Take it apart and check

dunno thats what he said - here is the auction page - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/177219534165

I took a fair bit of it apart, the blue and yellow wires go to the sensor at the front. (2 bulbs either end, the main fitting in the middle.
The outer casing is all metal.

see pictures

 

[pete01]

It looks like the yellow is the live but...

I don't like the way the single insulated wires are going through the metal, if you wanted to use it youd have to earth all the metal parts.

Might be best to buy a new light.

 

[mking007]

It looks like the yellow is the live but...

I don't like the way the single insulated wires are going through the metal, if you wanted to use it youd have to earth all the metal parts.

Might be best to buy a new light.

just outa interested, i wired the yellow wire to a brown live wire on a normal 13a plug, blue to blue, didn't work when it was in the casing.

However, i ended up taking it out of the outer casing unit completely, and connected all up the same way and works fine, so something must of have been shortening on the case itself.
will try putting it all back in the case and see if it works then.