Okay I bought a new light for outside my home. I called the electrician, he got the wiring from the ground and we added cement so we would bolt down the light. Now i need help adding a photocontrol.
yes, the photo cell will work anywhere, in fact it will probably work better where the light is not hitting it when it comes on. It will work longer if direct sunlight cannot get at it.
The Black/hot from the ground ties to the black on the photocell. The black/hot from the light ties to the red of the photocell. The whites/neutrals are all tied together. Hope that helps
no offence and no help but WHY did you not take a note of the connections as others have been told to do,in reality it makes no difference what colour of wiring goes where it is what the wire does that is important in other words if you swap the brown and blue at a light it will still work can you not remember what the connections were at onset of job.Best plan of action when dealing with electrics is if you do not know what to do do not do it
You take the black wire from the ground (line) and connect it to the black wire of the photo control. You take the white wire from the ground, (neutral) and connect it to the white wire of the photo control and the white wire of the lamp. Just make sure all whites are connected together. This assumes that the red wire of the photo control is already connected to the black wire of the lamp. There should be a bare ground wire. this should connect to a bare wire pigtail on the light fixture, or a ground screw on the lamp fixture.
