greenthumb
Silver Member
I am not sure how to explain this so I will use my non engineering non electrical rambling. We had our house resided and on one end over the garage we had a motion light that we put a new fixture up to look better with the siding. the way the old light worked was that is came on if someone/thing went in front of the garage which is the main drive of our house. I could also turn it on from the inside of the house with a switch. by the garage door if it was not on. When the siders took the old light off they showed me some relay looking thing that was in the electrical box and of course I had no idea what it was (the guy who built the house did some different things that I believe I have most of all corrected) I chucked it up to that. Well after they put the new light up the switch inside the house does not do anything with the light. The light still comes on with motion but that is it. Was that box some sort of relay? Should I even pursue replacing it or leave it we never had any trouble with the old light or electric but I would not know where to even start looking for a relay like that. I assume the relay fed the switch witch tripped the light on when the inside switch was turned on. I hope someone can at least give a little direction from this ramble