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Installing a motion detector light to the outside wall
I apologize if I don't use the correct electical terms in the post.
I recently purchased a Heath/Zenith motion detector (model SL-5511-BZ-B if that helps)light. The base of the light fixture that connects the the wall is circular and is about 4 inches in diameter. My junction box in the wall I guess is 4" in diameter as well. It has 2 tabs on it bent inward to connect, I guess, a backplate to attach the fixture and ground wire. The light fixture's base has 4 indentations of where a hole would most likely go, top left/right bottom left/right, but there are no holes. No backplate was supplied with the fixture. So I am using the existing backplate. And it's not the right one. The tabs of the junction box are at the top left/bottom right of the box, like the \ in an X. The backplate is attached to those tabs. There's another bar, about 1/2" in diameter that can swing around. My problem is that I drilled out two of those holes to match the \ position on the tabs. If I connect the top left hole to the tab, I am way out of position for screwing in the 2nd screw. Can't be done. What do I need to do to attach the lamp fixture to the junction box/wall? Do I need a special backplate? What do I do about the fixture's base that has no holes (but does now because I drilled them out). |
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