Hello all, First posting on here, so be gentle please! ;>)
I have a row of halogen lights under my garage soffit which are fed via a dusk to dawn sensor, which in turn is fed from a dimmer inside the house.
Everything has been working fine for around a couple of weeks until the other night, they didn't come on as expected.
I measured the input voltage on the sensor at 28V A/C, but no amount of covering the sensor, or putting the 2 rotary dials fully anti-clockwise (which, according to the instructions should bring the feed on), will give me any output. Based on this I bought another sensor, exact make and type and this has exactly the same issue.
I should add that at this voltage the lights are at the level I wish them to be at.
Now I can take the live output and pair it up with the live input and the lights come on fine, but nothing seems to make the sensor operate. I did read that the input voltage is normal mains 220-240V, but if that's the case, why did it work and suddenly stop?
Any theories will be welcome!
Cheers
Alan
I have a row of halogen lights under my garage soffit which are fed via a dusk to dawn sensor, which in turn is fed from a dimmer inside the house.
Everything has been working fine for around a couple of weeks until the other night, they didn't come on as expected.
I measured the input voltage on the sensor at 28V A/C, but no amount of covering the sensor, or putting the 2 rotary dials fully anti-clockwise (which, according to the instructions should bring the feed on), will give me any output. Based on this I bought another sensor, exact make and type and this has exactly the same issue.
I should add that at this voltage the lights are at the level I wish them to be at.
Now I can take the live output and pair it up with the live input and the lights come on fine, but nothing seems to make the sensor operate. I did read that the input voltage is normal mains 220-240V, but if that's the case, why did it work and suddenly stop?
Any theories will be welcome!
Cheers
Alan