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How do I connect a relay to halogen lights with motion and dusk sensors?

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  • #1 14837689
    adikas
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    Welcome!

    I have halogen lights at the back of my house with built-in motion and twilight sensors (3 pieces of 120Watts each). They are connected on a separate electrical circuit. I would like to have information for the control panel that these halogens are switched on.
    Unfortunately I don't have any cables for the control panel to run to the halogens, the only thing I can use is that they are on a separate electrical circuit.
    Are there any relays that will short their NO/NC contact when the halogen circuit draws current? If so, which ones and how do I connect them?
    You probably also have to take into account the fact that these halogens probably take some small current all the time, for the operation of the sensors.
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  • #2 14837757
    jdubowski
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    adikas wrote:
    Are there any relays that will short their NO/NC contact when the halogen circuit draws current? If so, what kind and how to connect them?


    Priority relay or current relay.
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  • #3 14837910
    adikas
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    I don't know much about relays. But I've read that the priority one disconnects the second output, as it were, when the first one exceeds the set current. I don't think it's very usable for a control panel input because of the 230V voltage.
    Are there any with NC contacts?
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    Zbigniew 400
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    Current transformer or scroll R 15.
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    Zbigniew 400
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    It will be, just the price.
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    jdubowski
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    adikas wrote:


    Minimum switching current 0.6A, the 120W halopak draws slightly less, so you need to run two or three coils of wire through the relay channel.

    Zbigniew 400 wrote:
    or rewind R 15


    This is a quite reasonable option, for rewinding get any version of R15 with an AC coil for any voltage.
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  • #8 14839586
    leszek-56
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    You can use a reed switch, experimentally select the number of coils on it to switch and connect some LED or buzzer. I have also thought about this problem with the information about turning on the light and so if the thief does not escape from the light, his task is even easier . On the other hand with strong winds and some trees close by the light could be on all the time .
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