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It is a cheap motion sensing light, the only on/off is the motion sensor. It barely works. Could I solder some of these wires together to always stay on? Don't know what to try 
Any way I could Re-wire this aids-tier motion sensing light to always stay on? v.wiringandshit
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attach a pinwheel in front of the sensor, then place a box fan in front of it, the spinning wheel will constantly trigger the light to stay on
do i have to do everything around here???
do i have to do everything around here???
Put a desk fan on oscillate so it keeps moving and then the sensor will always see motion. Hackerman
edit: this is a more elegant solution than some common pinwheel
edit: this is a more elegant solution than some common pinwheel
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Thumpin'Ram
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Ramathorn15
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Just start connecting the red, black, and white wires together until it stays on or starts smoking.
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PWM sensor output can help to avoid current surge which can damage LED light fixtures.
If you want to disable the sensor, just bypass it. First, use a meter to test the red/black circuit on the sensor. Then, test the white/black circuit on the sensor while tripping the motion sensor. If the voltage on red/black is the same as white/black (while the sensor is being tripped) then just cut the red/white wires off the sensor board and jump them together to test. If this proves effective, then to do a cleaner installation, simply desolder the 3 sensor wires from the mainboard, then solder a jumper across the VIN/PWM pins (again, on the mainboard).
DISCLAIMER: If you burn your entire house down trying to achieve this outcome, don't come crying to me. I'm not liable for shit you decide to do. This is just what I would do if it was mine.
If you want to disable the sensor, just bypass it. First, use a meter to test the red/black circuit on the sensor. Then, test the white/black circuit on the sensor while tripping the motion sensor. If the voltage on red/black is the same as white/black (while the sensor is being tripped) then just cut the red/white wires off the sensor board and jump them together to test. If this proves effective, then to do a cleaner installation, simply desolder the 3 sensor wires from the mainboard, then solder a jumper across the VIN/PWM pins (again, on the mainboard).
DISCLAIMER: If you burn your entire house down trying to achieve this outcome, don't come crying to me. I'm not liable for shit you decide to do. This is just what I would do if it was mine.
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I'd risk dismemberment or death trying out your solution.
If you don’t have a voltmeter u can just lick the leads to check, if it tickles you got the right one
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First question: if it's modded to always stay on, is there any way to cut power to it? Like is it hardwired to the house where only a breaker would then be able to used to turn it off?
If it was me I'd try to get rid of the whole sensor system completely. What I mean is instead of faking that the sensor is always seeing motion, just get rid of anything that even relies on the sensor, just have power -> transformer -> LED -> ground and solder in some kind of switch somewhere in that circuit.
If it was me I'd try to get rid of the whole sensor system completely. What I mean is instead of faking that the sensor is always seeing motion, just get rid of anything that even relies on the sensor, just have power -> transformer -> LED -> ground and solder in some kind of switch somewhere in that circuit.