Instructions / Assembly

10
Troubleshooting (continued)
Problem Possible Cause Solution
The light comes on for no
apparent reason.
Ƒ The motion sensor may be sensing
small animals or automobile trafc.
Ƒ Decrease the “SENS”
setting or reposition the
motion sensor.
Ƒ The “SENS” control is set too high. Ƒ Decrease the “SENS”
setting.
Ƒ The outside temperature is much
warmer or cooler than a person’s body
heat (summer or winter).
Ƒ Decrease the “SENS”
setting.
Ƒ The light xture is wired through a
dimmer or timer.
Ƒ Do not use a dimmer or
timer to control the light
xture. Replace the dimmer
or timer with a standard on/
off wall switch.
The lights stay on continuously. Ƒ The motion sensor may be picking up a
heat source, such as an air vent, dryer
vent, or brightly painted, heat-reective
surface.
Ƒ Decrease the “SENS”
setting or reposition the
motion sensor.
Ƒ The light xture is wired through a
dimmer or timer.
Ƒ Do not use a dimmer or
timer to control the light
xture. Replace the dimmer
or timer with a standard on/
off wall switch.
Ƒ The light xture is on the same circuit
as a motor, transformer, or uorescent
bulb.
Ƒ Install the light xture on
a circuit without motors,
transformers, or uorescent
bulbs.
The lights ash on and off. Ƒ Heat or light from the bulbs may be
turning the motion sensor on and off.
Ƒ Reposition the lamp heads
away from the motion
sensor.
Ƒ Heat is being reected from other
objects and may be turning the motion
sensor on and off.
Ƒ Decrease the “SENS”
setting or reposition the
motion sensor.