Around the side and the front of our house we have 5 PIR security lights, (and three in the garden). One high up on the wall over the front door. A porch light below it and three on the side of the house along our drive. The one high on the front wall had a mind of its own lately, coming on frequently when there was nothing activating it. So yesterday, I bought a replacement. I wasn't going to pay for something fancy, I thought £18 was enough. But it was a nightmare to change over. It's pretty hard doing stuff like this when you're up a ladder. It's not the height, (or the fact that I'm 84), it's that you haven't enough hands. I removed the faulty one and tried to connect the cable to the block inside the new one. But it was of such poor quality and one screw was missing, I couldn't find another in my "screw box" and the other screws in the block weren't holding the supply wires tightly enough. I gave up in the end. So I went down to the village DIY shop and bought a new strip of connectors and cut a block of four off. Then swopped all the wires over, (one at a time!) A full block was only 99p, so why couldn't the manufacturer use a decent one? Also, the light didn't come with a bulb, but fortunately I had a couple of spares for the other lamps. Job done! Well not quite, the controls, need balancing out at dusk..... So the ladder will have to come out again...but not last night!
@Doghouse Riley Well that story sounded like an exercise in total frustration. That is so aggravating and definitely tests anyone’s skill. That’s why all my security cams are rechargeable or solar. No wires to sort out. Happy to hear you are safe and sound and got it fixed . At 84 up on a ladder 2 story house. Brave ,knowledgeable and independent is your strong suit. Highly developed characteristics and extremely capable of doing anything is also reflected in your garden . They say our homes and gardens are a reflection of our personalities. I think you got it in spades.
