Exterior Light / Motion Detector swap out
I Purchased a Smart Light 1000 which is an exterior light / motion detector. The installation says to disconnect the battery before replacing the existing 12 volt light. My question is, do I reall...
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Take it from someone that got in a rush one day.......
Connected a low voltage security light to power on the bench and it lit up fine (momentary light off when connected even in daylight).
Chopped out the incandescent light and noticed tiny flicker sparks when I went to crimp the butt terminals to the power supply. The light failed to operate at all.
Conclusion. I caused the failure. Somehow the tiny sparks failed one or more of the IC's in the unit. Disconnecting the power at the battery causes far fewer spikes and line voltage deformation because of the distance.
I won't be doing that again.
Connected a low voltage security light to power on the bench and it lit up fine (momentary light off when connected even in daylight).
Chopped out the incandescent light and noticed tiny flicker sparks when I went to crimp the butt terminals to the power supply. The light failed to operate at all.
Conclusion. I caused the failure. Somehow the tiny sparks failed one or more of the IC's in the unit. Disconnecting the power at the battery causes far fewer spikes and line voltage deformation because of the distance.
I won't be doing that again.
