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Maybe I did not ask my question correctly. What is the source of the electricity that allows the switch to work and the lights to turn on? Sent from my iPhone using Home Repair

Thanks for those suggestions. A bit late for me but might help the next guy. How does that switch get power? Sent from my iPhone using Home Repair

Just wanted to provide a two-month post update. Everything is working great. Since our house is not grounded, the motion sensor plug did not work at first. After tying the plug's grounding wire to the neutral wire from the wall, everything fires up great. I set the timer to 5 minutes. 1 min...

Is the plug at the end of the LED driver cord required, or can the driver be safely wired directly to the motion sensor?

Whoa, easy there. No need for an attitude. I'm here to learn. I didn't join this forum to do a job unsafely. I have and still do covet the advice of people smarter or more experienced than myself. Please help me understand how I can do this (safely) minus the plug and outlet. I gathered from...

Those are pictures of the rough set up. This was tested, and it works fine.

I decided the LED driver plug was ugly and unnecessary, given that it required a outlet to be wired when one was not previously needed. This is what I have now. It seems to work great.

I was using 12/3 wire at home because that's what I had laying around. The guy here at Home Depot tells me that's way overkill. What's a smaller wire that would be suitable for my application?

Yes, I'm sorry, I did draw the outlet incorrectly. Hooked everything up and ran it for two hours last night, with no problems. The motion detector works fine, and everything seems good. I will post a photo of the actual set up before proceeding further. Thanks for the helpful information so far.

Yeah, I'm still not following. It looks like you're saying the white wire skips the switch, but you drew it going straight through. I don't see where the pig tails are appearing in your sketch. And you have the ground only touching the switch but skipping all the others?

I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time following those directions. Could you sketch it out?

I have the lights on and running. Just need to make sure y'all concur with my set-up.

Can someone confirm the wiring if I am going to go this route? I'm using a Lutron motion sensor. It has 4 wires: two black, one green, and one unshielded. Based on the instructions, I believe the green and unshielded are both grounds.

Did some test fitting tonight, and I am very excited about what the preliminary results are showing. The photos are just slightly darker than real life. The light is a touch cool for my tastes, but I also purchased a strand of lights that were called warm white, so maybe those will be more my...

Awesome info! Thank you.

Never mind, I thought about it more. Makes sense now.

Literally impossible? Unsafe? Against code? All of the above? If you could be more specific that'd be great.

This is what's back there. Note: this is a 65 year old house.

In that case, please refer to this photo. Could I just tap into the wires for the hallway light switch? Seems simple to me.

It sure would be! That's so simple, I didn't even think about it. How's this? http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lutron-Maestro-2-Amp-Single-Pole-Occupancy-Sensing-Switch-White-MS-OPS2H-WH/203202128?N=c32r#