Let there be Light!

Several years ago, having tired of reaching to switch on garage overhead lights when entering the garage, I installed a motion sensor and wired it to the two fixtures. In retrospect, I've learned I chose the wrong model, a Regent Cooper Lighting MS35, which is limited to 150 Watts and has been switching 240 Watts, four 60 Watt bulbs in the fixtures. Time or the excess wattage took its toll and the unit ceased to function.

Last week, I chose a Regent Cooper Lighting MS240 which is limited to 300 Watts as a replacement. I installed it and connected it to the fixtures. Drat! It didn't function. I fooled with all the connections and sensor settings, nada. I thought it to be DOA. I took it down and wired it up in a test bed configuration to control a house floor lamp. It worked perfectly. I tested it for hours, walking past the sensor, and it switched on the floor lamp every time and switched it back off after 4 minutes. OK, so not DOA. I reinstalled it in the garage and it's worked perfectly ever since. Go figure!