Marc,
What are you calling a "wireless sensor"?
If you mean a TM751 or RR501 Tranceiver, you would need the lamp plugged into; either the tranceiver (ON-OFF control only), or in to a Lamp Module if you want dimming control. You also need a "remote" i.e. Palm Pad, Keychain remote, etc. to send the radio signal to the tranceiver. Some surge protectors absorb X10 siganls but if your light is plugged into the tranceiver or in a lamp module also plugged in to the same strip as the traceiver the "absorbing" probably will not be a factor.
Clear as mud?