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Motion Sensor Lighting
Light is the part of this trade that changes how a room feels. Most lighting complaints are not about brightness. They are about where the light falls and what it does to the room.
Motion Sensor Lighting in O’Fallon and across St. Charles, St. Louis, Lincoln and Warren counties.
No dispatcher and no commissioned salesman. Seventeen years in the trade, four of them on his own.
5.0 from 94 Google reviews · BBB A+ since 2022
What this work actually involves
Switch legs are planned around how the room is used, and labeled so the next electrician understands the intent.
Clint measures before he quotes. The reading comes first, then what it means, then the one repair that solves it. If the honest answer is smaller than what you called about, that is the answer you get, even when the bigger job pays better.
Work that needs a permit gets one, and work that needs an inspection is left ready for it. One person does the diagnosis and the repair, so nothing is lost between a salesman and a technician.
When people call about this
- A remodel with no lighting plan
- Fixtures older than the wiring
- A kitchen lit by one center fixture
- Outdoor fixtures full of water
Why people choose Clint for it
The diagnosis and the repair are the same person’s work, which is why the explanation you get is first-hand rather than relayed.
Five point zero from 94 Google reviews, A+ with the BBB since December 2022, and seventeen years in the trade behind it.
Where this is done
Out of O’Fallon across five jurisdictions: St. Charles County, St. Louis County, St. Louis City, and Lincoln and Warren counties. About fifty miles in any direction.
See the full service area, or the rest of our lighting work.
Spacing is arithmetic
Recessed lighting is laid out from ceiling height and beam angle, not by eye. Too far apart and the floor scallops; too close and the ceiling looks like a runway.
Joist direction and position constrain where housings can physically go, which is why the layout is set before any hole is cut, and why remodel-rated housings exist for finished ceilings.
Switching as a layout decision
Switch legs decide whether a room is pleasant to walk into. The useful question is which lights you want from the door, which from the far side, and what you want on at two in the morning.
Three-way and four-way switching answers that, and it is cheap to plan and expensive to retrofit. Labeled legs at the panel mean the next electrician understands the intent.
Sensors that trigger on the right things
Most complaints about motion lighting are placement: a sensor seeing the street, or a car, or heat off a driveway, so the light cycles all night and gets switched off at the breaker.
Placement, range and the hold time get set on site with someone walking the approach, rather than left at the factory default.
What the price actually depends on
Three things move the number on almost every job: how far the run has to travel and what it passes through, whether the existing panel has space and the service has capacity, and whether the municipality wants a permit and an inspection. None of those is visible from the phone call, which is why the measurement comes before the quote.
What does not move it is urgency theatre. There is no inflated figure waiting to be discounted, and no bundle built so the thing you called about cannot be bought on its own.
Permits, inspections and why they vary here
Requirements genuinely differ across this metro. O’Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, the St. Louis County municipalities and St. Louis City each run their own process, and what one treats as a minor repair another permits and inspects.
Work that needs a permit gets one, and work that needs an inspection is left ready for it with the panel labeled and the junctions accessible. That matters most before a closing, when an inspector’s written item becomes someone’s negotiating position.
“Clint came out installed me a large 200 amp panel put some new dedicated lines in my basement and garage he did great clean work all inspections passed he was thorough and knowledgeable. I will have him back out again.”
Jason Holtzman · Google review
How the visit goes
- The call
Which room, what is wrong with it now, and how the room is used in the evening.
- The measurement
Ceiling height, joist direction and position, existing switch legs, and what the circuit already carries.
- The finding
A layout with spacing that works, a switching plan, and a dimmer matched to the fixtures you have chosen.
- The work
Boxes set where the fixtures need them, remodel housings cut in from below on finished ceilings, dimming tested on every circuit before the ladder comes down.
What the job includes
- Layout set from ceiling height and beam angle before any hole is cut
- Boxes placed where the fixture needs them
- Dimmers matched to the drivers so nothing flickers
- Switch legs planned around how the room is used
- Fixtures installed, aimed and tested
- Old fixtures removed and the openings made good
What it does not
- Supplying decorative fixtures, unless you ask
- Painting after a ceiling patch
- Drapery and blind hardware
Plumbing, HVAC and structural work get a pointer to someone who does them properly. Recent jobs are worth a look before you call.
Related lighting work
Motion Sensor Lighting across the metro
Five jurisdictions, five different sets of conditions. Clint works out of O’Fallon across five jurisdictions, and the same service means different work in each.
St. Charles County
St. Charles County is mostly 1990s and 2000s subdivisions. The wiring is modern and the services were sized before anyone owned an electric car or finished a basement, so capacity is the usual constraint rather than condition.
St. Louis County
Dozens of municipalities, each with its own occupancy inspection and its own thresholds. Knowing which authority has the address matters as much as knowing the house.
St. Louis City
St. Louis City is century brick with shared walls and basement panels that have been added to five times. Code corrections and occupancy inspections are the common call.
Every municipality covered is listed on the service areas page.
Questions worth asking first.
How many recessed lights does a room need?
Spacing comes off the ceiling height, and joist direction decides where a housing can physically sit. The layout gets drawn before anything is cut rather than counted off a rule of thumb.
Can you match colour temperature to my existing fixtures?
Yes, and it matters more than people expect. Mixed temperatures in one room read as a mistake even when every fixture works.
Why do my LEDs flicker?
Almost always the dimmer, not the bulbs. LED drivers need a dimmer rated for them, and matching the two fixes it without replacing fixtures.
What do your reviews say?
5.0 from 94 Google reviews, and A+ accreditation with the BBB held since 2022. The reviews are on the reviews page with links to where each was posted.
Who actually shows up?
Clint Ehman. Infinity Electric is owner-operated, so the person who answers the phone is the person who measures your panel and pulls the permit. There is no dispatcher and no commissioned salesman.
Ask what it actually reads.
You get the figure and what it means, before any work is agreed. Motion Sensor Lighting in O’Fallon and across the metro.
Mon-Thu 8-5 · Fri 8-4 · Sat 10-3. A written note works too.