Outside lights

[Unregistered]

Can outside PIR activated lights be wired directly to the consumer unit. So that there is then no need for switches etc?

My CU is a WYLEX 11 way with MCB's also fitted with an RCD

 

[EasyFox]

Yes so long as the correctly rated ocpd & cable are used.
I always put a switch in the circuit for pir lights, if only for isolation when changing lamps if the mcb is supplying more than one fitting.

 

[LukeScotty]

I'd personally put a switched fused spur inbetween, for the same reasons easyfox has said

 

[yorkshiresparky]

You will usually find that a pir will require a switch for the override function.

 

[EasyFox]

You will usually find that a pir will require a switch for the override function.

Only if he wants to use the lights in manual over ride mode , maybe just needs them as security lighting via pir

 

[Cirrus]

Must confess I have just dabbed my outside PIR light in with the downstairs lighting. If I want to isolae it I can flick the mcb controlling it.

 

[electricman]

feed the sensor through a switch , that way you can switch on the lamp by make and break , lamp stays on for lenght of time you set , the fittings are designed to be used in this way .