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Finish and Test Light — Install Light Cover and Final Touches

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How to Add Motion-Activated Lights to a Dark Hallway at the Top of the Stairs · Step 5 of 5

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Once the light is securely mounted, insert the small rubber plug into the screw hole at the bottom of the fixture to complete the weather seal and give a finished look. Turn the power back on at the circuit breaker. The light is now ready to be tested. Adjust the motion sensor's mode (e.g., to 'Auto'), time setting (1-10 minutes), and brightness setting according to your preferences. The video demonstrates how the motion sensor activates the lights when motion is detected.

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the last bit of installation is just to use this little tiny rubber plug here to cover the hole this kind of gives a last little finishing touch there and now I'll go ahead and turn the breaker back on and we'll give this a test the power is on and the light is set to the motion sensor when I walk in front here it will turn on as you can see there and it's currently set for one mint but if we step over here go up to the settings the settings here allow you to change the mode now it's upside-down but it works just fine this way so let's go ahead and change it to ten minutes which is what my previous light was said to so the middle switch here is for time okay that's ten minutes and now if I do a light setting this should increase the brightness there we go probably hard to see there on camera and then this last switch is for motion sensor range and I've got it set to max here SG LEDs is part of the sans II company the model is the C 2 for 400 /gw 18 watts 1800 lumens and the color is 5000 K installation went quite smooth with this light you basically have three

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