I bought one a few years back (I think at Wal-Mart) that you just screwed into the light bulb socket and then screwed the light bulb into it. It works just fine and I've been using it for years to turn on the light in the closet every time I open the door. I think I paid about $15 bucks for it.
If you just want something to 'Plug and play'? As the above <
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> site indicates you will pay somewhere between $25 and say $60 dollars for something you can just plug into the wall outlet. And it may have the capacity to operate several lamps? Maybe that's more capacity and size than you want? However; "don't look a gift (horse) in the mouth"! The other freely provided suggestions are useful! For example; you could screw that $15 bulb gadget into something, plug that something into an outlet and plug a table lamp into that adapter/sensor? It all depends if you can be a bit ingenious, how much you want to spend and how simple and or unobtrusive you want it to be etc.?
But I was actually looking for a completely self contained unit, not to have to go out & buy a whole X10 system. A box that sits on a desktop and senses motion, then switches on a lamp that's plugged into it. Is that more clear?
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Yes. And it's also clear that you're not interested in an automatic wall plate switch, a la Mr. Thompson's wall plate.
And it is now clear that you also have no interest in spending your own time on researching possible solutions, other than the time you spend whining at those who do try to help, that "That's not what I was looking for", even in the face of the fact that you have exactly as much power to do such legwork as all of those people whom you seem intent on wheedling into doing such work.
I think the answer you're looking for is: No. No-one makes exactly what you're looking for. If you're not prepared to do some rolling of your own or live with a slightly different configuration, you're absolutely out of luck. End of story.
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