Re: How to turn on a light across a room without a wire?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

callmevlad@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>I live in an apartment (so messing with the in-wall fixtures is out of
>the question), and I have 2 lamps in my living room.  One of the lamps
>is controlled by a switch on one side of the room ... flip the switch,
>and there's light.  The other one, however, we have to turn on by hand
>because it's across the room and there is no way to wire the two lamps
>to be on the same outlet.
>
>Is there a solution out there which will help me set it up so that the
>light switch I have now (I don't want to add another switch) can
>control both lights?
>
>Is there a gadget that will hook up to the outlet which is currently
>controlled by the wall switch (between the outlet and the lamp), and
>somehow send a signal (either via IR or the power lines) to another
>"gadget" that is set up between the second lamp and an always-on
>outlet? This way, when I flip the switch, both lights come on.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions? I'm a newbie at this stuff, so any
>pointers will be appreciated.

This might be a solution.

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