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Cooper Lighting Motion Sensor Outdoor Light, Turning Light On
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I'm trying to help a relative who lost the owner's manual for her Cooper Lighting model MS80W outdoor motion sensor flood light. She no longer wants the motion sensor feature, but wants to be able to turn it on and off like a regular light. Note: She has a power switch in the house for that light. Unfortunately a visit to Cooper's web site and a Google search did not result in a source for the owner's manual or the information we want. It seems logical that there must be a way to turn the light on when you want it to stay on without taking the sensor apart and bypassing that circuit. Do you know a way I can convert that into a regular on/off light by way of the power switch? Thank You in Advance, John PS, Remove "ine" from my email address |
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Cooper Lighting Motion Sensor Outdoor Light, Turning Light On
wrote in message ... Hi, I'm trying to help a relative who lost the owner's manual for her Cooper Lighting model MS80W outdoor motion sensor flood light. She no longer wants the motion sensor feature, but wants to be able to turn it on and off like a regular light. Note: She has a power switch in the house for that light. Unfortunately a visit to Cooper's web site and a Google search did not result in a source for the owner's manual or the information we want. It seems logical that there must be a way to turn the light on when you want it to stay on without taking the sensor apart and bypassing that circuit. Do you know a way I can convert that into a regular on/off light by way of the power switch? Thank You in Advance, John PS, Remove "ine" from my email address My light will come on and stay on if you momentarily flick the switch off and then back on. However, this will only work during the night. There is a light sensor that that keeps the unit off during the day. There is also a test mode that works during daylight hours. |
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Cooper Lighting Motion Sensor Outdoor Light, Turning Light On
On May 13, 2:05*pm, "Iowna Uass" wrote:
wrote in message ... Hi, * * *I'm trying to help a relative who lost the owner's manual for her Cooper Lighting model MS80W outdoor motion sensor flood light. *She no longer wants the motion sensor feature, but wants to be able to turn it on and off like a regular light. * * Note: She has a power switch in the house for that light. * * Unfortunately a visit to Cooper's web site and a Google search did not result in a source for the owner's manual or the information we want. * *It seems logical that there must be a way to turn the light on when you want it to stay on without taking the sensor apart and bypassing that circuit. * * Do you know a way I can convert that into a regular on/off light by way of the power switch? * * * * *Thank You in Advance, *John PS, *Remove "ine" from my email address My light will come on and stay on if you momentarily flick the switch off and then back on. However, this will only work during the night. There is a light sensor that that keeps the unit off during the day. There is also a test mode that works during daylight hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah my el-cheapo ones work similar. Can't remember the procedure ................ something about turn off for less than five seconds or maybe turn off for more than five seconds, then on again and it comes on steadily. But agree that as adjusted now that may only be after dusk. However since the 'dusk' setting on ours are adjustable it should be possible, as far as I can see, to set the thing to ignore the dusk/ light setting. If it is necessary it's a pretty simple job change disconnect one wire and wire straight through. Provided as always you know, electrically, what one is doing! |
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Cooper Lighting Motion Sensor Outdoor Light, Turning Light On
On May 13, 10:54*am, wrote:
Hi, * * * I'm trying to help a relative who lost the owner's manual for her Cooper Lighting model MS80W outdoor motion sensor flood light. *She no longer wants the motion sensor feature, but wants to be able to turn it on and off like a regular light. * * *Note: She has a power switch in the house for that light. * * *Unfortunately a visit to Cooper's web site and a Google search did not result in a source for the owner's manual or the information we want. * * It seems logical that there must be a way to turn the light on when you want it to stay on without taking the sensor apart and bypassing that circuit. * * *Do you know a way I can convert that into a regular on/off light by way of the power switch? * * * * * Thank You in Advance, *John PS, *Remove "ine" from my email address All units ive seen the motion part cant be changed unless it has a dusk to dawn option operated by the photocell. If it doesnt come on at night by flicking the switch up and down several times and has no dusk to dawn feature remove the fixture and put in a socket. |
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Cooper Lighting Motion Sensor Outdoor Light, Turning Light On
On May 13, 11:37*am, ransley wrote:
On May 13, 10:54*am, wrote: Hi, * * * I'm trying to help a relative who lost the owner's manual for her Cooper Lighting model MS80W outdoor motion sensor flood light. *She no longer wants the motion sensor feature, but wants to be able to turn it on and off like a regular light. * * *Note: She has a power switch in the house for that light. * * *Unfortunately a visit to Cooper's web site and a Google search did not result in a source for the owner's manual or the information we want. * * It seems logical that there must be a way to turn the light on when you want it to stay on without taking the sensor apart and bypassing that circuit. * * *Do you know a way I can convert that into a regular on/off light by way of the power switch? * * * * * Thank You in Advance, *John PS, *Remove "ine" from my email address All units ive seen the motion part cant be changed unless it has a dusk to dawn option operated by the photocell. If it doesnt come on at night by flicking the switch up and down several times and has no dusk to dawn feature remove the fixture and put in a socket.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Just bypass the sensing circuit and wire the incoming 2 wires to the 2 wires going to the light bulb itself. |
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