Pir Outside lighting

[lee1002]

I have been wondering how would you wire outside lights which were pir operated and also have switches to turn them on.
any advice would be very welcome

thanks

 

[johnboy6083]

you want them to work when you press a switch, and when PIR activated?

 

[lee1002]

you want them to work when you press a switch, and when PIR activated?

i want them to work primarily with the pir, but i would also like the possiblity of switching them on and off as well

 

[Bobby B]

alot of pir lights have a manual overide built in, you just operate the switch a couple of times in quick sucsession to bring the light on

 

[lee1002]

i understand bobby cheers but how would you wire the switches into the circuit.

 

[Sav]

Hi Lee,
i would bring your brown, blue and earth from the light into a light switch.
Then I would bring in the supply for the light in to the switch as well.
I would put the brown from the light into the L1 of the switch (with brown sleeving to mark it as a switch).
Then put the brown from your supply into the common side of the switch.
Put the blues (neutral) into a connector block inside the housing of the switch.
If the housing of the switch is a metal one, there should be a screw where you can put the earths into. If its a plastic one, put the earths into a connector block.

Now you can use the switch to turn on the pir light and if you read the instructions, it may state that if you turn on the switch on /off / on once or twice, the light stays on. You may need to switch it off for 20sec after this in order for it to return into pir mode.

REMEMBER though, check the manufacturors instructions, CHECK that you have the correct ampage for the light from wherever your supply is coming from..

 

[lee1002]

thanks sav. is it possible to do it with a three core to the light switch so that you do not have to switch the light switch on and off repeatedly ?

 

[Bobby B]

it's possible with a standalone pir but with most of the b&q lights you won't be able to

 

[lee1002]

cheers bobby