ELEGRP Occupancy Motion Sensor Light Switch, PIR Infrared Motion Activated Wall Switch, No Neutral Wire, Single Pole for CFL/LED/Incandescent Bulb, with Wall Plate, UL Listed (10 Pack, Matte White)

MOTION SENSOR LIGHT SWITCHI am NOT an electrician, and this little project scared me, because I don’t like messing with AC current.I did, however, manage to flip the breaker (cut the power) and successfully install this switch. This, despite the fact that my house was built in 1977. Before I ordered this, I took the old plate off of the old switch and looked inside to see if there was a ground. I did see some shiny copper in the back of the tiny old switch box, assumed it was ground (it was), and bought this switch.If any of you have a house like mine, you will realize that every light switch has two black wires attached to it. One wire is the LINE, and one is the LOAD. Without getting into the physics of AC current, this essentially means the SOURCE of the current, and the DESTINATION. Again, not an accurate physical description, but, a logistically apt metaphor.BONUS #1: This switch doesn’t require a ‘neutral’ connection. That is to say, you don’t have to cut into the ‘white’ wires in the box. BIG PLUS for me, as this little switch box seemed to be a fairly major junction for the rest of my house…Anyway, the first step (after cutting the power, of course), was to unscrew the old switch from the box. It became clear what was LINE and what was LOAD. Almost everything was connected to LINE, and there were a couple of wires that headed out to the garage lights that I wanted to control – the LOAD. After that, it did take a little while for me to disconnect the old switch, that was almost as old as I am, from the black leads.Then I had to turn to the ground. It was all kinds of shiny copper in the back of my switch box (behind all of the white wires). I used the same small screwdriver that I used to remove the old plate and switch to pull the wires forward. I then started to connect the new switch, by wrapping the green wire (right handed, as that’s the way the nuts twist on) around the end of the collection of ground wires, and screwing on the wire nut.BONUS #2: The 3 wire nuts that are included are long for their size, helping to protect against any short circuits; and, are pretty sturdy when you are screwing them on.I then proceeded to do the same with the LINE and LOAD wires, wrapping the black and red wires (respectively) first. However, I did find that the exposed wires that came out of my old switch to be too long for comfort, and trimmed them back before screwing on the nuts.With everything connected, I carefully stuffed (if there is such a thing) all of the wires back into the box, and screwed the new switch into place.It acted a little weird, at first. I say this because the switch, lights, and breaker box are all in my garage; so, I could see what happened when I flipped the breaker back on. The lights came back on immediately, then went back off, then came back on. All in under two minutes. I read somewhere that you should allow the switch to ‘boot’, whatever that means.After the ‘boot’ period, though, EVERYTHING HAS WORKED GREAT! I am so tickled. Something so simple has made such a wonderful difference in my life. We have dealt with this garage light problem every since we bought our house almost 22 years ago. Soooo awesome!Even my wife is skeptically excited. Her comments were, ‘It works!’. Shortly thereafter, she asked me to turn on the light in the laundry room for her. I told her that if she liked the garage thing, that I could do the same for the laundry room.BONUS #3: You can still cut your lights on and off manually. This wasn’t clear to me in the descriptions; but, regardless of your settings, you can use the ‘button’ to both turn on AND turn off your lights. However, and this makes sense, after you manually turn OFF your lights, there is a 30 second period before motion will turn the lights back on.

Excellent quality of product, very clear and easy to follow instructions, works great, you get everything you need to install except the tools, much nicer than the other one on Amazon that costs much more

Bought this switch for the pantry and it’s working like a charm. Took about 10 minutes for husband to install.

Spent today ~3+ hours on these. To be sure I am not doing something wrong, I attempted two types of install, single and chained. In either case the sensor was DEAD, as well on and off switch. For now I will be nice and choose words, as to I might have been unfortunate to receiving 4 units that are in foobar ie nonoperational state. I chose to believe so and asked for replacements. Those are arriving tomorrow, so when I get a chance I intend to try another install with only one, if it fails I am returning them for refund and then will update this review with what I really think of these.UPDATE as of 1/11/22 - received replacement and these were easy to install and are working so far. Thus bumping the review to 4 stars. At this cost, and in case unit are not faulty, this is a great buy. Why just 4 stars vs5, well if I didn't experience the initial foobar it might have been a 5 star review.

I installed them in my bathroom and the closet as well as the hallway the least two the laundry room and the laundry room and it has been very practical, it has good range and it doesn't look cheap.

This isn't my first time replacing a light switch. Either way, the directions are easy to follow. When I installed the first sensor and checked the settings, it turned on as it should then turned off as I set it to. Then I walked in the room and it didn't turn on via sensor and the manual button didn't work. I decided to replace the new install with another new sensor switch and that one didn't work at all. To me, it didn't make sense to request a replacement so I was granted a full refund.

I am not an electrician, so easy installation was a key requirement for me. I have installed about 20 of these throughout my home, and after 2 years none have failed.I especially like that I can install them without a neutral wire, which is a big deal since neutral wires tend to be balled up and hidden in the back of the switch box (since regular switches don't use neutrals) and can be a REAL pain if you have to use them. Some switch boxes may not have neutral wires at all in older homes.Each motion switch comes with a faceplate, screws, wire nuts, labels for the wires, etc - everything you need to replace a switch.When "off" they have a very subdued intermittent "blink" so you can find them in the dark, which I really like.They are quite good at not triggering falsely, I think they look for both motion and heat to turn on. For example, when I open the door they don't turn on, but when I go in its view it then turns on.The only downside is that there is a slight (1/2 sec) delay, probably it delays a little to avoid false positives.Overall these have been great, and I highly recommend them.

Functional. The buttons are awkward and loose. Overall, it's usable--just cheap. Works well with Smart Life app.