gregm65
01-26-05, 06:38 AM
I have a light switch that controls two lights...the porch light and a flood light over the driveway. (I believe the floodlight was added) It had a dusk 2 dawn photosensor installed at flood light fixture that quit working after several years. (The photosensor simultaneously turned off or on BOTH lights) I cannot figure out how to properly install the new dusk 2 dawn switch...everything it seems I've tried does not work. (Like an idiot, I did not make notes of how it was previously wired :wall: ) Here is the wiring at the flood light: -I have a black, white, & copper (bare) wire coming from house. -The floodlight has a black and white wire. -The photosensor has a red, black, and white wire. I tried wiring all 3 white together, along with black from house and photosensor together, red from photosensor and black from floodlight together, and copper (bare) to a screw in box. When I turn it on, the porch light is semi-bright, but the flood light is just barely on...very dim. (I am almost positive that the bare wire was previously connected to other wiring...not to a screw.) I have tried wiring w/o the sensor...black 2 black; white 2 white; bare wire w/ the whites....then flood light works, but porch light doesn't. Also w/o sensor, I've tried white 2 white, black 2 black, and bare wire to screw...result= dim flood light and semi-bright porch light. I know it works when wired correctly...it did for many years. I'm a rookie and confused :confused: ....plz help :thinker: !!