Sensor Switch

Radioman · 11-19-2006, 09:22 AM

Hello All

I want to put a new plug in the wall below the sensor switch this sensor switch powers three lights. There is no other source of power anywhere that I can the power from. Is it possible to get power from this switch that is above. And if so what are the steps.

Thanks
Radioman

petey_racer · 11-19-2006, 10:07 AM

It depends.
What does this switch control?
What else is on the circuit?
Excactly what wires are in the box that the switch is in?

Radioman · 11-19-2006, 10:14 AM

The power comes in the box from the breaker from there its wired into the sensor switch. The switch has a auto/on from there its goes to control three fluorescent light in each light it has two tubes.

petey_racer · 11-19-2006, 11:22 AM

Well, that tells me something.
You do have a feed there so you can use the incoming 120v feed to power a receptacle.

Radioman · 11-19-2006, 12:36 PM

Thanks petey racer

Okay so yesterday I put the receptacle box below ran 14/2 wire from the sensor switch to receptacle hook everything up everything worked. But I took one of those tester you plug in to the receptacle you know with the1 red and 2 yellow lights on it to see if is is wired correctly. It come on one red and one yellow. So I just to see I took the sensor switch out and the to yellow lightd came on stating wired correct. Any suggestions.

Radioman

petey_racer · 11-19-2006, 05:58 PM

Not knowing what the one red and one yellow lights mean on your tester I can't say why it was wired wrong.
You should have had black to black and white to white from your new line to the existing feed. All grounds together obviously.

Radioman · 11-19-2006, 07:23 PM

Hello Again

I just looked at the tester I talked about. And there is a discription of what each light means. It was 1 red and 1 yellow it says HOT/GRD Reverse.

Radioman

petey_racer · 11-19-2006, 09:10 PM

That is typically a false indication of an open neutral.

Did you connect the white from the receptacle to the incoming white?
Did you test, with a decent tester (not a neon bulb) for hot and neutral?

Radioman · 11-20-2006, 07:54 AM

Hello
The sensor switch has two black wires coming out of it. Before I started I checked another receptacle on the same circuit to see what side the hot was on it is the right side. So that is how I hooked this one up.

Yes I did black to black and white to white.

Radioman

petey_racer · 11-20-2006, 03:10 PM

The switch itself does not matter at all. Unless of course you want to have it control the new receptacle.

I think we are regressing back to step one. Tell me ALL the wires in the wall box. Ignore the switch for now.