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Title: pr511 floodlight
Post by: mabergin on July 10, 2007, 12:04:20 PM
I have a pr511 floodlight.It has 2 white a blue and a black wire coming out of it.I was prepared to hook a black wire ,a white wire,and a ground to my supply line.What is the extra white and blue wire for?Thanks
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: JeffVolp on July 10, 2007, 12:27:03 PM
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I have a pr511 floodlight.It has 2 white a blue and a black wire coming out of it.I was prepared to hook a black wire ,a white wire,and a ground to my supply line.What is the extra white and blue wire for?

A quick check of the manual shows that one white and the black go to your power in.  The other white and the blue go to the floodlights (whites common and the switched blue to the floodlight blacks).

Jeff
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: mabergin on July 11, 2007, 11:43:33 AM
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I have a pr511 floodlight.It has 2 white a blue and a black wire coming out of it.I was prepared to hook a black wire ,a white wire,and a ground to my supply line.What is the extra white and blue wire for?

A quick check of the manual shows that one white and the black go to your power in.  The other white and the blue go to the floodlights (whites common and the switched blue to the floodlight blacks).

Jeff

            I feel stupid.
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: steven r on July 11, 2007, 01:25:20 PM
...I feel stupid....
Not "stupid" just "ignorant" of something new. We've all been there and even the best of us still are ignorant of some things.
Now closer to "stupid" was when I failed to push the ground wires out of the way when I installed a switch the other day. The spark from a live switch to ground tripped the breaker faster than had turned it back on.
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: Boiler on July 11, 2007, 02:30:25 PM
Not "stupid" just "ignorant" of something new. We've all been there and even the best of us still are ignorant of some things.
Now closer to "stupid" was when I failed to push the ground wires out of the way when I installed a switch the other day. The spark from a live switch to ground tripped the breaker faster than had turned it back on.

Steven,
That wasn't stupid.  You were just performing a test to ensure that the wire gauge was sufficient for the installed breaker.  You can now sleep soundly at night.

I have had the particular displeasure of knowing a few people that have never made a mistake - they've never done anything

I refer to them as critics.

Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: mabergin on July 11, 2007, 03:06:43 PM
You guys are real helpful.I think I have it all down but the final adjustments.Thanks
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: steven r on July 11, 2007, 03:44:06 PM
...You were just performing a test to ensure that the wire gauge was sufficient for the installed breaker.  You can now sleep soundly at night....
I like your perspective. I'll have to remember that.
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: TakeTheActive on July 12, 2007, 10:50:03 AM

...I have had the particular displeasure of knowing a few people that have never made a mistake - they've never done anything wrong (.ed)

I refer to them as critics.

I married one! :o
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: Dan Lawrence on July 12, 2007, 06:02:33 PM
Remember one simple rule:  NO MARRIED MAN IS KING IN HIS OWN HOUSE.  If you do, you will have a long, happy marriage.
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: steven r on July 12, 2007, 07:28:34 PM
...NO MARRIED MAN IS KING IN HIS OWN HOUSE...
You might be KING but the queen rules.  :)
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: -Bill- (of wgjohns.com) on July 12, 2007, 07:35:30 PM
...NO MARRIED MAN IS KING IN HIS OWN HOUSE...
You might be KING but the queen rules.  :)

Unless you get a cat, then the cat rules!   :D
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: Boiler on July 12, 2007, 09:26:18 PM
OK, we're getting further and further off thread...but I can't resist.

With a Wife (25 years), 3 kids, a cat, 2 birds and a fish I rank... I'd like to think I've got a leg up on the fish (pun intended), but the birds are tough competition.

Probably why I spend most of my time in the garage and basement tinkering.
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: -Bill- (of wgjohns.com) on July 12, 2007, 09:56:32 PM
Hey, what the heck.  The OP is happy and that's what counts!

I think going OT sometimes just helps people realize that we are people too and we have a fun side!

Makes the board a little less "dry" and a little more friendly.   :D
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: TakeTheActive on July 13, 2007, 12:25:35 AM

...I think going OT sometimes just helps people realize that we are people too and we have a fun side!

Makes the board a little less "dry" and a little more friendly.   :D

I've been TRYING to convey that idea for almost a YEAR now. :'(  But we *STILL* have a LOAD of OLD STIFFs here (Members since the beginning of time, with THOUSANDS of posts... :o ::) )
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: dave w on July 15, 2007, 06:52:45 PM
...NO MARRIED MAN IS KING IN HIS OWN HOUSE...
You might be KING but the queen rules.  :)

Unless you get a cat, then the cat rules!   :D

Sorry, but I gotta go with this.

Dogs have masters, Cats have staff.

If you call a dog, he comes running with excitement. You call a cat and you get a look that says "Have your people get with my people...."
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: -Bill- (of wgjohns.com) on July 15, 2007, 07:19:34 PM
...NO MARRIED MAN IS KING IN HIS OWN HOUSE...
You might be KING but the queen rules.  :)

Unless you get a cat, then the cat rules!   :D

Sorry, but I gotta go with this.

Dogs have masters, Cats have staff.

If you call a dog, he comes running with excitement. You call a cat and you get a look that says "Have your people get with my people...."

You must have met my cat!   :o   :D   :D
Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: KDR on July 16, 2007, 05:45:24 AM
dave w have you ever tried calling an Alaskan Malamute...  You get a look like "Whats in it for me"

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Title: Re: pr511 floodlight
Post by: dave w on July 16, 2007, 12:33:31 PM
KDR,
NO! And I gotta write this down so I will remember it( yeah, I'm at that age). Does that behavior come from sled pulling?

Bill,
no haven't met your cat, but  they are all the same. You meet one, you have met them all ( our female follows me around like a dog, which I mistaken took for decidedly non feline behavior.  I was later taught (by her) that the attachment stemmed soley for her  interest in the things I "play" with (wires, screws, things that roll, etc.).