Re: Porch light by remote question.

["Scout Lady" <scoutlady@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert Bonomi" <bonomi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <3dlhufF6qi04kU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Scout Lady <scoutlady@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>I don't know anything about this x10 stuff. What I want is to be able to
>>turn on the porch light with a keychain remote. Do I have to buy a whole
>>system or is there something I can buy to just hook up to the porch light?
>>
>>
>
> Using X-10, you would need to buy three pieces.
>  1) an X-10 switch for the porch light.
>  2) the key-chain remote
>  3) the 'receiver' that goes with the remote.
>
> Anything else is going to be equally "complex", and almost undoubtedly
> more
> expensive.
>
Thankyou for the help.