How to Add a Motion Sensor to a Regular Outdoor Light
- 1). Drape a lint free cloth over the light bulbs in your existing outdoor light. Grip the light bulbs, with the cloth between your skin and the bulb, and rotate the bulb counter clockwise to remove it from its socket. Remove each bulb from its socket if your exterior light has more than one bulb.
- 2). Insert the threaded end of a motion light sensor into the light socket. Rotate the sensor clockwise to tighten it. Repeat action if the exterior light fixture holds more than one bulb.
- 3). Thread a light bulb into each motion light sensor. The open end of the sensor is threaded just like your light socket, making it easy to screw a light bulb in. Use the lint free cloth between your skin and the bulb to protect the bulb from the oils on your skin, which could cause the light to break after you turn it on.
- 4). Flip the light switch that controls your exterior motion light to the "On" position. Leave it "On" and the motion light sensor will trigger the bulbs when movement is detected. The sensor turns the light off four minutes after it stops detecting movement.