I bought a photocell sensor on eBay after learning Lowes, Home Depot, and Walmart were either out of stock on them or did not carry them. No problem, I thought, 3 wires and it should come with instructions. It arrived, but with no instructions except on the little plastic part (see second photo). I am NOT an electrician, but usually can handle easy projects. If it had 2 wires, it should be easy, but with 3......that's a problem. I went online to instructables, Youtube, and a few other sites. Although I could not find anything showing what I needed, I did gather enough to attempt it. Here is my wiring diagram (third photo) and instructions:
CAUTION: BLACK WIRE IS 120 VOLTS, SO TURN OFF SWITCH OR CIRCUIT BREAKER.
Connect sensor's black wire to black wire coming from house.
Connect red sensor wire to light's black wire.
Connect all 3 white wires (from house, from sensor and from light) together.
This video shows photocell sensor bypass circuit wiring diagram. During the daytime, the Photocell sensor switch is off and the lamps are off. During the nighttime. The photocell sensor comes on energizing the coil of the contactor thereby supplying 220v ac line light to the lighting loads.
This video describes a photocell sensor wiring diagram.
The photocell sensor functions as an automatic switch depending on the light received by the photocell, at night the photocell regulates the light to turn on, when it is bright or during the day the photocell regulates the light to turn off.
Therefore this photocell is usually used for outside lights or for porch lights. In order for the photocell sensor to work optimally, the placement of this photocell sensor must be placed outdoors in a dark place and not exposed to light.
I bought a photocell sensor on eBay after learning Lowes, Home Depot, and Walmart were either out of stock on them or did not carry them. No problem, I thought, 3 wires and it should come with instructions. It arrived, but with no instructions except on the little plastic part (see second photo). I am NOT an electrician, but usually can handle easy projects. If it had 2 wires, it should be easy, but with 3......that's a problem. I went online to instructables, Youtube, and a few other sites. Although I could not find anything showing what I needed, I did gather enough to attempt it. Here is my wiring diagram (third photo) and instructions:
CAUTION: BLACK WIRE IS 120 VOLTS, SO TURN OFF SWITCH OR CIRCUIT BREAKER.
Connect sensor's black wire to black wire coming from house.
Connect red sensor wire to light's black wire.
Connect all 3 white wires (from house, from sensor and from light) together.
This video shows photocell sensor bypass circuit wiring diagram. During the daytime, the Photocell sensor switch is off and the lamps are off. During the nighttime. The photocell sensor comes on energizing the coil of the contactor thereby supplying 220v ac line light to the lighting loads.
This video describes a photocell sensor wiring diagram.
The photocell sensor functions as an automatic switch depending on the light received by the photocell, at night the photocell regulates the light to turn on, when it is bright or during the day the photocell regulates the light to turn off.
Therefore this photocell is usually used for outside lights or for porch lights. In order for the photocell sensor to work optimally, the placement of this photocell sensor must be placed outdoors in a dark place and not exposed to light.
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