Photocell upgrade

[Open Neutral]

I'm reworking a Mogul base gas discharge "streetlight" to LED.
It has one of those ubiquitous Twist-lock photocells atop it.

Given that a LED does not balk at restarting, we'd like to upgrade to a PIR motion sensor.
Does anyone make such?

 

[hbiss]

With a twist lock base? Umm, no. And why would you use a motion detector on top of a fixture?

They make jumper plugs for that twist lock. Put the motion detector elsewhere- where it will work.

-Hal

 

[Open Neutral]

With a twist lock base? Umm, no. And why would you use a motion detector on top of a fixture?

They make jumper plugs for that twist lock. Put the motion detector elsewhere- where it will work.

-Hal

We've considered that. The streetlamp ain't a streetlamp now; it's hung on a barn front facing a driveway so a PIR on top would have a good view of someone coming onto the property.

 

[tom baker]

As Hbiss pointed out, just put in a shorting cap and put the PIR nearby. A lot of fussing around to adapt a PE socket to 1/2" for a PIR

 

[ptonsparky]

If you're reworking it anyway, just take the PC out of the circuit.

 

[Open Neutral]

If you're reworking it anyway, just take the PC out of the circuit.

There's a lack of surfaces to accommodate a 0.5" hole for a conduit stub to the PIR.
Further, it won't be fun to drill and punch while on a ladder.

If we end up dismounting it, we have more options.

 

[ptonsparky]

There's a lack of surfaces to accommodate a 0.5" hole for a conduit stub to the PIR.
Further, it won't be fun to drill and punch while on a ladder.

If we end up dismounting it, we have more options.

I should have continued with ‘and put your motion control someplace else as others have suggested’.