Motion Sensor Light

One of the few purchases we made this year at the RV show in Quartzsite was a motion sensor light for Auntie Violet. It's been sitting on the couch for a couple of weeks waiting for the right time to get installed. Yesterday we made a run to Ace Hardware to pick up some silastic sealant for the light, so today it was time to put the light up.

First of all, Forry had to check the polarity of the wires on the new light -- it's "reverse polarity protected" (whatever that means), so he had to make sure he had the right wires from the rig to the right wires in the new light.

I loved this shot that showed his intent look in the reflection of Auntie Violet's window. And the next one shows the reflection of his hand with the screwdriver.

We had put a bead of the silastic around the inside perimeter of the light like a gasket in order to keep water out. It sealed to the wall of the RV pretty well, but we decided to also put a bead of silastic on the outside top side as well. It was going pretty well, but slowly, when all of a sudden I felt a big blob of silastic coming out of the bottom of the tube! So much for making a neat bead around the outside... I ended up using my finger to smooth a layer of the stuff around the top and sides of the light.

But, we finally got the job done, although it's a good thing you can't see the workmanship on the top of the light unless you climb up on a ladder!