Re: Porch light by remote question.

[bonomi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Bonomi)]

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.