Wiring 3 terminal PIR sensor to strobe light - plug and cable power source.

[hardyplant]

Hello, I hope you can help. I have a stand alone MiniSun PIR sensor and I am trying to wire it to a strobe light (as a heron deterrent hopefully!). The sensor has 3 terminals - 'A' Red 'N' Blue/Green and 'L' Brown/Black. The strobe light has 2 wires, blue and brown (no earth). The power source will be a three pin plug and cable. I am not sure how to wire it up, the wiring diagram makes no sense to me, sorry to say.
Any ideas? Thank you.

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• hardyplant
• 19 May 2016

PIR Wiring

 

[EFLImpudence]

Post a picture of the instruction diagram.

Edit - Oh, never mind I see it on the item.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Is that a Red,Black, Yellow cable?

Supply:
Red to L
Black to N
Terminate earth wire safely out of the way.

Light:
Brown to A
Blue to N.

 

[bernardgreen]

A picture is worth a thousand words

 

[EFLImpudence]

He has a picture.

 

[hardyplant]

Hello and thanks for the quick reply. Have wired it up but no response from the PIR. No click or anything? Please see picture.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You haven't plugged it in. Don't do it with the plug top off.

Seriously though, check fuse, your terminations - trapped insulation.


Have you a multi-meter?

 

[hardyplant]

I have a multi-meter somewhere, will dig it out. But the wiring looks ok I assume? (left the plug top off just to confirm all ok in there too..). Thanks again for your help. Cheers.

 

[Echo the husky]

Have you followed the settings part of the instructions?

 

[hardyplant]

Hello and yes. Even though the instructions state to 'Turn the LUX knob anti-clockwise to maximum (SUN) - the arrow points to the moon. 'Turn the TIME knob clockwise to the minimum - the arrow is on maximum. That doesn't help does it!

 

[Taylortwocities]

Lordy. All you need to do is RTFM

It's the bit headlined "settings"

 

[hardyplant]

Thanks for that. I hope that I am learning from my mistakes too. There appears to be a contradiction in the 'settings'. I assume the pic shows the correct setting.

 

[Taylortwocities]

You have to turn the control to the SUN symbol you want to test it during the day.

 

[hardyplant]

Yes indeed, I kind of figured that..

 

[ban-all-sheds]

check .. your terminations

Check theirs too - I doubt that the unit was assembled by skilled, well trained, well paid people in state-of-the-art facilities.

Be prepared for the fact that you might be about to find out that the reason a Stienel (for example - other good makes are available) costs multiples of the Minisun is not gross profiteering.