not tried that yet but it is a double - 1 for hall and 1 for outside front door lights
How to wire up 2 outside low voltage halogen lights to a PIR
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not tried that yet but it is a double - 1 for hall and 1 for outside front door lights
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ok- switch wiring- 3 cables- switch for outside light has a 2 browns connected to it.One from one cable the other from the other.the 2 blues are connected togther with a piece of terminal block.the hall switch is 2 way switching so I guess the other cable is a 3/4 core.
make any sense?
mmm. Maybe your lights are getting power from the Hall live in the switch.
The only thing I can think is that one wire in the light is from the switch and one goes to another light.
Take a look in the switch (after making sure it isn't live!) and see what you have there.
Basically, you need to insert the PIR between a switched live and the lamp. So you need to see which wire the switched live is.
The only thing I can think is that one wire in the light is from the switch and one goes to another light.
Take a look in the switch (after making sure it isn't live!) and see what you have there.
Basically, you need to insert the PIR between a switched live and the lamp. So you need to see which wire the switched live is.
Sounds like it's picking up a live and neutral from inside the switch (the two blues connected together). I assume the two browns are connected to different terminals on the switch?
The neutral and switched live then go to a light. The next light is daisy chained in, and then the next.
You need to work out which light the switched live goes to first and connect the PIR between the switched live and the first lamp.
If you cant see where the wire goes, get a multimeter and test the wires.
The neutral and switched live then go to a light. The next light is daisy chained in, and then the next.
You need to work out which light the switched live goes to first and connect the PIR between the switched live and the first lamp.
If you cant see where the wire goes, get a multimeter and test the wires.
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Ok I tackled this job again today and when I took out the first light from the soffit and disconnect the two twin earth cables and switched the power back on I found one cable(lets call it cable A) had 240v between live and neutral and the other (cable B) had no power.
So I presume cable A is the power feed to the first light and cable B is the "daisy chain" to the next light.
So I wired in the cable A feed to the PIR incoming terminals and firstly the first low voltage halogen lamp to the load side.Powerd up and flicked the hall switch.
A click can be heard at the PIR and the instruction manual says the lamp should come on right away but no lights came on apart for the clicking of the motion sensor when I move past it.
I also tried connecting cable B (daisy chain) and the fist lamp into the load side but still nothing
I even thought the PIR was faulty so I returned it for another but it is still the same.
Is it as simple as live in and load out cos I am getting frustrated and really need help to complete this job
cheers
B
breezer
last bit.
yes, yes it is, but you cant connect a 12v lamp to mains which is what you imply you have done.
although it would have worked for abot 1 nanao second
yes, yes it is, but you cant connect a 12v lamp to mains which is what you imply you have done.
although it would have worked for abot 1 nanao second
Both the halogen lamps are connected to their own transformers!
B
breezer
i never saw the mention of transformers, but ok.
why not (for testing purposes) connect a pendand lamp holder with normal lamp to where the transformers will be and see does this work
why not (for testing purposes) connect a pendand lamp holder with normal lamp to where the transformers will be and see does this work
yeh I thought of that.I will have a look for a spare pendant and if it works it looks like that type of PIR will not switch the halogen and transormer but the instruction manual says that the PIR will switch DC loads aswell.
I have tried adding the schematic wiring diagrams which are in the instruction manual with the post but I cant seem to manage.There is a instruction manual on the screwfix website
B
breezer
well why not post a link here?
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=A354550&ts=98784&id=80538
dont know if this will work
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