al hildenbrand
Senior Member
- Location
- Minnesota
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor, Electrical Consultant, Electrical Engineer
So, this one surprised me.
Virtually all wall mounted 1000 Watt motion sensors, that I have experience with, switch their lighting load (the controlled load) on and off with a mechanical relay. You can hear it snap. The actual switching of the controlled load is being done, not by a "silicon switch", but, rather, by make and break physical contacts.
I just learned that a 1000 Watt RAB STL360 (incand. and fluor. approved) is not approved for switching 120 V AC LED light fixtures.
If a 120 V AC LED light fixture can be controlled by a vanilla wall mounted AC snap switch, what could make it incompatible with a mechanical relay switched motion sensor?
Virtually all wall mounted 1000 Watt motion sensors, that I have experience with, switch their lighting load (the controlled load) on and off with a mechanical relay. You can hear it snap. The actual switching of the controlled load is being done, not by a "silicon switch", but, rather, by make and break physical contacts.
I just learned that a 1000 Watt RAB STL360 (incand. and fluor. approved) is not approved for switching 120 V AC LED light fixtures.
If a 120 V AC LED light fixture can be controlled by a vanilla wall mounted AC snap switch, what could make it incompatible with a mechanical relay switched motion sensor?