BetaB4 wrote:
I want to put in an occupancy sensor wall switch to control a new
ceiling light that uses a CFL bulb. The switch I want to get is a
Leviton PR-150-1L.

When I read the product specs online, it says it can be used to turn
on "incandescent and Rapid Start Magnetic fluorescent ballast
lighting loads". Here's the link to the product info:

http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibcGe...BE&appName=IBE

Is a CFL bulb a "Rapid Start Magnetic fluorescent ballast lighting
load"? Nothing in the specs mentions CFL lighting fixtures, just
"Rapid Start Magnetic fluorescent ballast lighting loads" -- whatever
that is.
Also, this light fixture is at the end of a wiring circuit. The
existing fixture is just a bulb holder with a pull chain to turn it
on and off. I'm going to eliminate that fixture, replace it with a
CFL-bulb ceiling light fixture (with no pull chain), and run a new
wire from the light fixture to the new occupancy sensor switch. I
was thinking that to do that, the new wire to the switch would be a
"switch loop" since the power is at the light. I think that means
that the switch loop will have a black wire at the switch and a white
wire that is coded black -- in other words, essentially just two
"black" wires at the switch and no neutral white wire. Is that
correct? Will I be able to wire the occupancy sensor light switch
with just these two "black" wires coming to the switch?

Considerably less trouble is a gizmo that screws into the existing socket
with a motion detector built in. I've got one in the laundry pantry. Works
swell. I open the doors, the light comes on.

I have to remember to close the doors, else someone putzing around in the
adjacent breakfast room will trigger the light.