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Ok,why wouldnt you have a switched connection too,it’s a maintained emg light,so in a test all lights would go off.I can’t see a problem although it is unorthodox
Agree its a maintained emg light,with built in sensor,lux,sensitivity,& time dipswitches.something Don’t look right to me...
But normal maintained lights have a switched live connection,isn’t it wrong to have an emg supply to supply the PIR sensor.If it has an integrated PIR then what would the point of the switched live be?
The whole point of PIRs on internal lighting is to prevent lights being left on when not in use and saving energy.
A switched live will defeat this by allowing the light to be left on permanently.
Have a look at the colour coding label,
"L = Brown - switched live"
"L1 = Black - permanent live"
Big discussion about that recently on here ?
Yea it’s cabled in 3 core cable,using black for emg,brown for switched,or live in this case,but there’s no connection on that connector.Have a look at the colour coding label,
"L = Brown - switched live"
"L1 = Black - permanent live"
Big discussion about that recently on here ?
Its an emg fitting,connected like the emg klicks,black is the emg feed,brown is switched.yuck
brianshould be perm & black switched
But normal maintained lights have a switched live connection,isn’t it wrong to have an emg supply to supply the PIR sensor.
Would you supply an added light ,from a non maintained fitting,using the emg switched supply,instead of having a live supply.
It doesn’t need to be a switched live,should be a permanent live supplying the PIR,the emg feed supplying that side of the fitting.Unless the supply is fed from a static inverter or central battery system then its not really an emergency supply, its just a normal supply that is switched by a key switch.
If that fitting had a switched live connection then what would it do? What would be the purpose of the switched live in a fitting with integral PIR?
That fitting has got an extra terminal which can be used to terminate any switched live conductor you might have when replacing other types of light, what else do you need?
If that added light is not an emergency fitting then I would pick up the feed for it elsewhere.
It doesn’t need to be a switched live,should be a permanent live supplying the PIR,the emg feed supplying that side of the fitting.
Using the emg feed, don’t seem right,& when testing all the lights will go off.
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