New PIR outside light
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I am not an electrician.
You run a cable from the socket in to a light switch. That creates the switched live. The cable before the light switch is a permanent live, you can split it to become both live and switched live.
Ideally you will run from a socket up to a switched fused spur, before running up to the new light switch. That will help you to isolate it.
You will need to use 3 core and earth. Even though your PIR might not have a terminal for the earth, the earth needs to be connected to the wall socket just in case, for example, someone accidentally cuts through the cable.
You run a cable from the socket in to a light switch. That creates the switched live. The cable before the light switch is a permanent live, you can split it to become both live and switched live.
Ideally you will run from a socket up to a switched fused spur, before running up to the new light switch. That will help you to isolate it.
You will need to use 3 core and earth. Even though your PIR might not have a terminal for the earth, the earth needs to be connected to the wall socket just in case, for example, someone accidentally cuts through the cable.
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https://flameport.com/electric/lighting_circuits/PIR_lighting_sensor_with_override_switch.cs4
You'll find Flameport's page useful.
You'll find Flameport's page useful.
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