Maybe you guys can help. I'm going nuts here! I've been buying Duramax bulbs, Duramax br40 bulbs upc 046677139278, for the past 7 years and love them. I have about 15 of these bulbs in my house in recessed lighting fixtures in my ceiling. I buy some of these bulbs every year. I just went out to buy some more and noticed the packaging changed for the bulbs, no big deal I thought, as the UPC code was the same. But, when I got them home, these bulbs are slightly different and NO LONGER FIT in my ceiling recessed housings. The old bulbs, which I still have, have a chrome finish on the neck, whereas the new bulbs are all white on the neck. Eventhough the UPC is the same, the dfeinitely changed. The old bulbs were made in mexico, and the new packaged bulbs are made in china, and the necks of the bulbs are slightly different, and this change doesn't let them fit in my housings. I'd like to know why this bulb changed in physical size if the UPC is the same? Maybe phillips isn't aware of this and it's a defect? I really need bulbs that will fit and have been using these same bulbs for 7 years as I mentioned earlier, and I buy "duramax br40's" because they last long, but now don't fit. Here is the 2 pack old packaging where the bulbs had chrome neck, and says 630 lumens, last 1 1/2 years: http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/1000/de/de37d730-0c7c-4d15-be6c-3fe7b86664ee_1000.jpg New packaging, and says 625 lumens, last 2.3years: http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Philips-139279-Soft-White-65-Watt-BR40-Indoor-Flood-Light-Bulb-2-Pack-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/ve0AAOxydlFSod7B/$_57.JPG Again, the new packing is the same UPC!! Here you will also see the old bulb, which has chrome neck, and you can see how the new bulb on the right has CHANGED. But again, same model number!

Thanks jimisham, I did the search you mentioned but I keep getting *mechanical* spring switched lights, not motion sensor lights. I have young children and several large walk in closets. I don't want the lights staying on when the kids leave the closet doors open or worse, the lights going out if the door gets closed with a child inside. If you ask my kids about their favorite part of our new house they'll tell you, "the Harry Potter room under the stairs!" Thanks for taking the time and making the suggestion. Even though the the automatic closet light switches won't work for us they're a great low cost solution and may work very well for others.

A "motion sensor" is a general term that can be used to detect either "occupancy" or "vacancy." The motion sensors in the two bathrooms that I remodeled in 2015 have vacancy sensors - they turn off when they sense the room is unoccupied, but turn on only with a manual switch. (My Dad would have loved vacancy switches - one of his favorite expressions was "When not in use, turn off the juice.") The GC told me I was required to have at least one light fixture in each bathroom on a vacancy sensor. I didn't question him and didn't look at the code until this week when I started planning the remodel of my 3rd bathroom. My interpretation is that at least one light fixture in each bathroom must be "high efficacy" (e.g., certified LED or compact florescent). Additional lights must be on vacancy sensors if they are "low-efficacy" (e.g., incandescent or track lighting). The required high efficacy luminaire in each bathroom, and any additional high efficacy luminaires in a bathroom are not required to be controlled by a vacancy sensor. Apparently, there was an earlier requirement that at least one "luminaire" in each bathroom be on a vacancy sensor, but I'm not sure if that still holds. In my powder room, all my light fixtures are LED, including the pendants over the sink. There's a vacancy sensor on one of the three LED light switches - is it needed? In my master bathroom, the sconces at my makeup mirror are incandescent - all other lights are LED. The vacancy sensor is on an LED light - I think that's wrong - I think it should be on the incandescent lights. I looked for LED sconces for the makeup mirror, but did not find anything suitable at the time. The city signed off on completion of the work before I had selected the pendants and sconces for the bathrooms - apparently they didn't care.

4” cans are plenty for LEDs and get replacement LED bulbs for your halogens too.The rest sounds good to me just remember you need other lighting in the space , ceiling light is just one level.