Hello all, my first post here and I'm looking for some advice.
We recently moved house and the external garage has a couple of security lights on it. One of them works the other didn't. As they were quite old and the screws seized I was having trouble replacing the bulb (and sourcing a bulb) so I opted to buy a new light. I installed in myself (probably the problem) and was rather pleased with my work.
However, it doesn't work quite as expected. I would have expected both lights to work independently and if the sensor on either is triggered then that individual light and only that light activates.
How it actually works is that I walk past the new light, it remains off. I continue past the old light and both activate. The timings on them are such the new light goes out first, when it is out and the old light is on if activates if I walk past it. Once the old light goes out they both go out.
The old light behaves as it always has, it goes on if you walk past it.
In terms of the new lights behaviour, I'm not sure if that's how the original worked as it hasn't worked since we moved in.
To me it's almost as if they are wired in series instead of parallel (going back to high school here) and that the old light is the primary one.
I've attached the wiring on the original light before I took it down. The new light is connect via a waterproof outdoor cable connector with 3 poles (View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07CMM51KJ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A1KIPR78X3LPYD&psc=1
)
I assume I've done something wrong (generally my first and almost always correct assumption). Any help to get it working the way I would like would be much appreciated.
Thanks
We recently moved house and the external garage has a couple of security lights on it. One of them works the other didn't. As they were quite old and the screws seized I was having trouble replacing the bulb (and sourcing a bulb) so I opted to buy a new light. I installed in myself (probably the problem) and was rather pleased with my work.
However, it doesn't work quite as expected. I would have expected both lights to work independently and if the sensor on either is triggered then that individual light and only that light activates.
How it actually works is that I walk past the new light, it remains off. I continue past the old light and both activate. The timings on them are such the new light goes out first, when it is out and the old light is on if activates if I walk past it. Once the old light goes out they both go out.
The old light behaves as it always has, it goes on if you walk past it.
In terms of the new lights behaviour, I'm not sure if that's how the original worked as it hasn't worked since we moved in.
To me it's almost as if they are wired in series instead of parallel (going back to high school here) and that the old light is the primary one.
I've attached the wiring on the original light before I took it down. The new light is connect via a waterproof outdoor cable connector with 3 poles (View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07CMM51KJ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A1KIPR78X3LPYD&psc=1
)
I assume I've done something wrong (generally my first and almost always correct assumption). Any help to get it working the way I would like would be much appreciated.
Thanks