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Motion Sensor LED Flood Light

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  • 08-02-2018 6:53pm
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    nava
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 4,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hi

    I have a Motion Sensor LED Flood Light, what I noticed from day 1 is when the light is plugged in but there's no movement the light is on but faded, is it normal for the light to be faded when there's no movement. I would think if there's no movement the light should be off same as when unplugged.

    On the pic below you can see how faded it's when there's no movement.

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    tweek84
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    I came across a similar issue with a LED floodlight but it didn't have a sensor, removed the light put up a different one no issue out of interest i put the 'problematic' one up in a different location no issue with the light so i put it back where i originally had it and the light had the same problem but not initially but after an hour or so I checked the light it was getting a bit of voltage (i can't remember what volts) i checked the switch and moved the switch wire to another switch still the same problem removed the switch wire earthed it to discharge the voltage re terminated in to the other switch problem was gone. Replaced the light switch with a new one and no issues since. It was a strange one but i didn't think about it too much as the floodlights were cheap 10euro the two lights were different makes so probably slightly different internals hence why the problem was with one and not the other.


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    nava
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 4,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭nava


    tweek84 wrote: »
    I came across a similar issue with a LED floodlight but it didn't have a sensor, removed the light put up a different one no issue out of interest i put the 'problematic' one up in a different location no issue with the light so i put it back where i originally had it and the light had the same problem but not initially but after an hour or so I checked the light it was getting a bit of voltage (i can't remember what volts) i checked the switch and moved the switch wire to another switch still the same problem removed the switch wire earthed it to discharge the voltage re terminated in to the other switch problem was gone. Replaced the light switch with a new one and no issues since. It was a strange one but i didn't think about it too much as the floodlights were cheap 10euro the two lights were different makes so probably slightly different internals hence why the problem was with one and not the other.

    Thanks for the reply, I say in my case it could be the cable that goes from the sensor to the led. I hope it doesn't waste much electricity as it would be on 24h a day.


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