Override switch for floodlight

[carl roberts]

i have had to replace my floodlight.the old one had a switch over ride. the new one i have brought frem city electrical factors has a pre wired flex on it with just live neutral and earth. how do i get the switch to work? i have a switch cable in the junction box but dont know what to do with it.
many thanks in advance you lovely people

 

[Iggifer]

Well how many terminals do you have in the junction box? 3 or 4?

If it's only 3 it's only a case of matching the colours, or red/brown, blue/black & earth to earth.

If it's 4 terminals, you will need to know which is your switched live and which is your permanent live, if you don't want the switch to control the light, use PL, if you want the switch to turn it on and off, use SL. Leave the other live in a connector block.

 

[carl roberts]

i have 4 wires in the jb can it not be linked out so the pir can be overridden when needed?

 

[Iggifer]

Yea if the light has an override built in, you just connect it to the switched live, then when you want to override it, turn the switch off/on quickly and it will override it.

If it doesn't have this function, take it back and swap for one that does

 

[carl roberts]

and leave the PL in a terminal block?

 

[securespark]

Do the instructions say anything about being able to hard wire an override to the floodlight?

 

[carl roberts]

ther instructions were really vague but the bloke at cef said it could be overridden

 

[ban-all-sheds]

So

 

[EFLImpudence]

Can we have a picture of the light connections or the instructions?

Do the instructions say that the light can be set permanently on by flicking the switch?

 

[securespark]

ther instructions were really vague

Scan and post them here.

Or at least tell us the make and model number of the fitting.

 

[carl roberts]

its a tamlite euro30sf/pir if i find the instructions ill post them