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Posted by Charles Spitzer on July 19, 2005, 12:37 pm
> Poke around Home Depot. There's a company that makes all sorts of remote
> control stuff that allow you to install a receiver in a wall plate where
> there was previously a switch, and mount a sending switch elsewhere to
> control the thing in the other room. If the store hasn't got it, check the
> web site.
>
>>I have a set of outdoor flood lights controlled from two switches next
>> to a sliding glass door in our family room. The issue is that we no
>> longer use that door and it will soon be replaced entirely with a bay
>> window.
>>
>> We would like to control the lights from the sliding door area in the
>> kitchen which is how we get in and out of our backyard. However, the
>> wiring to the family room is a bit complex and would be a real pain to
>> re-run to the kitchen area.
>>
>> That got me thinking that perhaps there's a way to remotely operate
>> those switches from a panel in the kitchen so that no re-wiring would
>> be needed.
>>
>> Is that possible or is there a better way?
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>
i'd bet that x10 would have something like this.
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