Another electrical question

[CudaDude]

I received some solid advice with my last electrical question so I figured I'd throw another one out there.
I have a motion detector flood light on the garage which is currently wired to a on/off switch which is always in the on position. Question is, do you see any problem with wiring that flood light directly to the always hot side of a switch so it will receive constant power? That way I can free up one of my garage light switches for other lights. Thanks

Gary

 

[CudaDude]

Mods, please move to electrical

 

[Gary S]

Motion detector lights are designed to be wired to a full time hot. Yours should work fine as long as you don't violate any NEC rules wiring it up.
I have one wired to full time hot inside my garage so it turns on when I open the door. It works like it was designed to work. Actually, that is the only place I like a motion detector light because outdoors, they constantly false trigger on any movement. Indoors it just works.

 

[BFBOB]

Motion detector lights are designed to be wired to a full time hot. Yours should work fine as long as you don't violate any NEC rules wiring it up.
I have one wired to full time hot inside my garage so it turns on when I open the door. It works like it was designed to work. Actually, that is the only place I like a motion detector light because outdoors, they constantly false trigger on any movement. Indoors it just works.

Sorry, not so. Read the instructions that came with your motion light. Having it on a switch allows you to choose how it acts. Some have several choices like dusk-to-dawn or a modified version thereof. Some of the programming is done with switches on the unit, some by proper flipping of the switch.
Falsing on outdoor lights - yes, but I don't mind if it triggers on the odd deer.
...speaking of which, I got the deer in the headlights look from the kid at HD when I went to get a replacement for my remote motion sensor. No, never heard of such a thing. Positive they only have the kind with built-in light sockets. So, I headed for those, figuring I could modify one. Lo, there did shine an exact replacement. So I collared the kid and showed him. He had the good grace to accept it with a "gee, I learned something!" attitude. Maybe there's hope!

 

[DekeT]

Doesn't every lighting circuit require a switch?

 

[neel2008]

having it on a switch is nice because many motion lights have a mode that "stays on" and you control it but doing something like turn the switch off, turn it on for so many seconds, back off for so many seconds and back on again and it puts it into "stays on" mode until a certain amount of time goes by or you turn it off and back on again. You would lose this function.....Why not just add another switch? It cost what? Like 5 bucks for a switch and an "old work" box and a little bit of work with a small hand saw?