External lighting wiring

[Dru]

I have external lights switched through a contactor. I need to put in an override switch and they need come on via a photocell and be switched off by a time clock.

how do I wire it?

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The override is to override the lights on by the way

 

[Pete999]

How are these lights controlled at present,

 

[Bobster]

Photocell and Time clock in series, override switch parallel to both.

 

[Dru]

All new circuits

 

[Dru]

I don't get how to include the timeclock to switch them off

 

[Dru]

The switch wire from the photocell will switch the coil circuit but how do I wire the timeclock into it to switch that switch wire thus dropping out the contactor?

 

[Pete999]

Dru I don;t want to sound rude but this is basic stuff really, have a look at some basic control circuits you could pick up some pointers

 

[Bobster]

The time clock, will have some volt free contacts. Wire through them.

 

[Dru]

I know it's basic, that's why it's ****ing me off. I know how to do it but I can't figure it out for some stupid reason.

there aren't any volt free contacts on the timeclock. There is a permanent live, neutral and switch live

 

[MDJ]

I have external lights switched through a contactor. I need to put in an override switch and they need come on via a photocell and be switched off by a time clock.
how do I wire it?
The override is to override the lights on by the way

supply to timeclock then to photo cell and then onto contactor coil, a seperate switch for override reasons parralled up with the time clock straight onto the coil. if the timeclock switches on it will send power to the photo cell, if the photo cell calls for a supply because it has gone dark it will then send a supply to the coil. When the timeclock switches off it will cut the supply to the photo cell regardless of whether it is dark or not so you have what you desire, as well as that if you have a basic light switch with a feed to it and the switch wire back to the same connection on the coil as the photocell switch wire to the contactor then it will work.

 

[Dru]

Pete999

assistance would be appreciated

 

[Pete999]

Pete999

assistance would be appreciated

Alright I agree with MDJs appreciation of the problem

 

[MDJ]

Don't give me a hard time of the poor quality of the drawing, I have just scratched it down with a ink pen in 20 seconds flat lol, it could be neater and the line drawing much better, but it should give you an idea

 

[Bobster]

Wiring like that MDJ, dependent on what type of time clock you use would limit as to when the lights could be switched on by the photocell.

Unless that's what the O/P wants and I've misread

 

[MDJ]

Wiring like that MDJ, dependent on what type of time clock you use would limit as to when the lights could be switched on by the photocell.

Unless that's what the O/P wants and I've misread

I thought he meant the timeclock had to control the photocell, if not fine I can redraw.