Re: A link was Re: Remote Control Switch

There are remote appliance modules that can handle 20 amps. Same as the X-10
modules.

  Only thing is that this is rated for 350 watts of lighting only,
  which means that whole string of flood lights on one circuit
  would likely be overloading it.  There are ways to get around
  that (either isolate and control 2 or 3 key fixtures or rig up
  some sort of relay situation to control the whole circuit, but
  I have no idea of your preferences)

  http://www.smarthome.com/2533T.HTML

  This allows you to still use your indoor switch to turn them off,
  something I overlooked in my previous reply.  Same deal with the
  "remote": throw away the "supplied drywall screws" and buy a nice
  rounded corners electrical box for it.

  Try the "ceiling fans" area of THD or Lowe's.  I bought one of
  these 10 years ago, I would think they still make them.  

  It's a "fake" wall switch that's actually a transmitter, battery
  holder, and what looks like a common ivory wall switch.  It's
  made for relocating a light switch in a room where you don't
  want to start rewiring through walls, this entire box surface
  mounts, it looks like a shallow Wiremold box.

  Anyway, the -receiver- end of this thing gets wired into a
  junction box in the circuit where you can access the wires going
  to the light fixture(s) typically in the basement or attic.  
  you flip the "dummy" switch on the wall and it xmits to the
  receive unit and makes the actual connection there, and the
  fixture is enegrized.

  Only thing you might do diifferent is invest a buck in a metal
  "utility" box and cover plate with rounded corners, so the
  original mounting box doesn't damage your car interior if it
  gets tossed around.

  You would need to isolate the intented light fixtures and feed
  them from the indoor receiver, but that sounds like it would be
  the easy part.

I have asked this question to a newsgroup or two in the past with no
luck, but I figure with technology changing, maybe I'll get lucky now.

I have lights mounted on the outside of my house just below the roofline
(2 story house with attic). I guess these would be called flood lights
since they light up the yard from their mount on the house. There is one
wall switch inside the house that turns on these lights. The thing is
that often the time you need these lights the most is when you drive up
to the house at night (house is in the country, so unless there is a
bright moon, there is no other light source except these lights).

What I am looking for is a wireless remote control wall light switch. In
the past when I asked this question, some people have noted that they
thought that a garage door remote could be modified for this use (since
garage door remotes often can turn on the door opener and/or a garage
light switch). I pursued this angle at a few garage door dealers, but
they said that this use was not a feasible use of their equipment. A
motion detector light is not feasible either since these lights are all
on one circuit and there are about 10 lights around the house.

Does anyone know of a company that sells a wireless remote control wall
light switch? Such a solution would work great since the remote control
unit could be kept in the car and the lights could be switched on when
needed and then simply turned off using he wall switch when the house
has been entered.

Thank in advance for any advice.

Rob