sparkadaddy
Member
I always considered a photocell just another switch. When its dark its on and when its light its off. I just got done changing a half dozen outdoor wallpacks with their own photocell in each fixture.
The circuit that was running the old fixtures was run off of one photocell mounted on the building.
I kept the old circuit with the building photocell to run my 6 fixtures and they all come on sporaticly. When I bypass the building photocell they come on just fine. I called the new fixtures company rep and he told me I had to buy his building photocell because the old one was not compatible. What am I missing here? Is a photocell not just a switch? Or am I being bamboosilled?
The circuit that was running the old fixtures was run off of one photocell mounted on the building.
I kept the old circuit with the building photocell to run my 6 fixtures and they all come on sporaticly. When I bypass the building photocell they come on just fine. I called the new fixtures company rep and he told me I had to buy his building photocell because the old one was not compatible. What am I missing here? Is a photocell not just a switch? Or am I being bamboosilled?