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Rewiring an outside motion sensor floodlight Sir.M.Messervy 05-25-2008
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Posted by on May 25, 2008, 6:44 pm
Hi,
Is it possible to open up and rewire a motion sensor floodlight so the
motion sensor part is disabled? The motion sensor is not working on a
floodlight outside of my house and I'd rather have it just work with
the switch anyway. I know they're cheap but a trip to home depot is a
pain in the neck for me.

Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 25, 2008, 7:13 pm
On May 25, 6:44=EF=BF=BDpm, Sir.M.Messe...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible to open up and rewire a motion sensor floodlight so the
> motion sensor part is disabled? The motion sensor is not working on a
> floodlight outside of my house and I'd rather have it just work with
> the switch anyway. I know they're cheap but a trip to home depot is a
> pain in the neck for me.

it should be no problem as long as you can get it apart

Posted by RBM on May 25, 2008, 7:22 pm

On May 25, 6:44?pm, Sir.M.Messe...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible to open up and rewire a motion sensor floodlight so the
> motion sensor part is disabled? The motion sensor is not working on a
> floodlight outside of my house and I'd rather have it just work with
> the switch anyway. I know they're cheap but a trip to home depot is a
> pain in the neck for me.

it should be no problem as long as you can get it apart

Not a problem at all. When you remove the unit, it will have three wires
attached to the motion detector head, white, black and red. With the power
turned off, all you have to do is cut the black and red wires where they
attach to the motion detector head, and splice them together with a wire
nut. The unit will now work as a standard floodlight



Posted by Mark Lloyd on May 25, 2008, 7:49 pm

>
>On May 25, 6:44?pm, Sir.M.Messe...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Is it possible to open up and rewire a motion sensor floodlight so the
>> motion sensor part is disabled? The motion sensor is not working on a
>> floodlight outside of my house and I'd rather have it just work with
>> the switch anyway. I know they're cheap but a trip to home depot is a
>> pain in the neck for me.
>
>it should be no problem as long as you can get it apart
>
>Not a problem at all. When you remove the unit, it will have three wires
>attached to the motion detector head, white, black and red. With the power
>turned off, all you have to do is cut the black and red wires where they
>attach to the motion detector head, and splice them together with a wire
>nut. The unit will now work as a standard floodlight
>

This should work, but why would you leave the sensor wired in at all?
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Posted by RBM on May 25, 2008, 9:47 pm

>
>>
>>On May 25, 6:44?pm, Sir.M.Messe...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Is it possible to open up and rewire a motion sensor floodlight so the
>>> motion sensor part is disabled? The motion sensor is not working on a
>>> floodlight outside of my house and I'd rather have it just work with
>>> the switch anyway. I know they're cheap but a trip to home depot is a
>>> pain in the neck for me.
>>
>>it should be no problem as long as you can get it apart
>>
>>Not a problem at all. When you remove the unit, it will have three wires
>>attached to the motion detector head, white, black and red. With the power
>>turned off, all you have to do is cut the black and red wires where they
>>attach to the motion detector head, and splice them together with a wire
>>nut. The unit will now work as a standard floodlight
>>
>
> This should work, but why would you leave the sensor wired in at all?
> --
> Mark Lloyd
> http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
>
> "DISCLAIMER If you find a posting or message
> from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive,
> please ignore it. If you don't know how to
> ignore a posting, complain to me and I will
> demonstrate."

That's up to the OP, he just wanted it disabled



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