I’ve got a basic PIR motion sensor that I’m wiring into my garage just before the ceiling light.
I’ve fitted it all fine and it works, however the light fitting requires an earth but the sensor doesn’t have a space for it in its terminal blocks. This is no problem and I’ve just joined the input earth and output earth with a wago and I was hoping to just put it inside the sensor but unfortunately the lid doesn’t perfectly close (I’m reasonably sure it’s electrically safe).
It closes just about enough for me to leave it for now, but I’m not particularly happy with it - what’s the cleanest/slickest way to have the earth bypass the motion sensor (it’ll be visible on the garage joists)?
On another (unrelated) note, the sensor just has a single side of a terminal block for the in and out neutral, do fittings not bother with a better solution? It feels a bit outdated just trying to cram two neutral wires into one side of a terminal block, but I guess it is cheaper…
Cheers.
I’ve fitted it all fine and it works, however the light fitting requires an earth but the sensor doesn’t have a space for it in its terminal blocks. This is no problem and I’ve just joined the input earth and output earth with a wago and I was hoping to just put it inside the sensor but unfortunately the lid doesn’t perfectly close (I’m reasonably sure it’s electrically safe).
It closes just about enough for me to leave it for now, but I’m not particularly happy with it - what’s the cleanest/slickest way to have the earth bypass the motion sensor (it’ll be visible on the garage joists)?
On another (unrelated) note, the sensor just has a single side of a terminal block for the in and out neutral, do fittings not bother with a better solution? It feels a bit outdated just trying to cram two neutral wires into one side of a terminal block, but I guess it is cheaper…
Cheers.
- TL;DR
- Best looking and functional way to have earth bypass sensor