How do you wire a Floodlight with motion sensor that has one black one red one white and one bare wire but also one black and one white which are each wrapped in a fiber material?

Answer 1

The best advice I can give you is to reference the wiring diagram that came with the flood light fixture. There's no sure way for me to know what the wires are, so if I gave you an answer, it may or may not be correct. Typically, though, the wires are as follows: Green or bare - ground White - neutral Black - hot Red - switched hot The 'fiber' coated wires are probably high-temperature fixture wires. These go to the actual lamp. The others operate the motion sensor. You'd have to connect your bare to the other ground wire(s) in the junction box, or the box itself if it is metal and there are no ground wires. Connect both your white wires (normal and fiber coated) to the white wire in the junction box with a wire nut. Next, connect the red motion sensor wire to the black fiber coated wire with a wire nut. Last, connect the black motion sensor (non-fiber) wire to the black (guessing?) wire in your junction box. Remember that you must leave the switch controlling the light in the 'on' position to allow the motion sensor to operate properly.