Re: I need an out of the house remote

[mm <NOPSAMmm2005@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:18:02 -0400, "Josepi" <J.R.M.@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>No solidstate dimmer light switch is going to handle 800 watts and fit in a
>regular 2.5" deep switch box.

Thanks for replying.  I don't want to dim them. Just on and off.  I
can go to a bigger box if necesary. I'm doing all this as a favor to
them, but that wouldn't be much extra work.   But not in order to get
a dimmer, which I have no use for.

>Install an X10 switch and change 3/4 of the lamps to CFL lamps. You will

Do they make CFL floot lights?

>have to leave some of them to make the X10 switch module operate correctly.
>The CFL lamps will be very dim in cold winter months for the first few
>mintes but the incandescent ones can be interspersed between them for
>instant full brightness.

These things will only be on about 5 minutes a day, (unless they have
a party or something), to help her come in when it's dark and to not
trip on anything.  She sometimes has a hard time walking.
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>A wireless receiver with antenna could be placed in the closest recepticle
>to the entrance the control is desired from on arrival.

The antenna would be a good thing, absolutely.  Then how do we get
from the receiver to the on-off switch?  I don't have experience with
this stuff.

>More than 50' may be
>pushing it for stock X10 remote control distance.
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>Motion detectors on each or set of lights would be more practical. If none

Not in this case.  It's complicated to explain.  The primary goal is
for the lights to go on when she turns them on from within the car.

>of them are on then nobody is lurking or moved in the last 5 minutes.

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>"mm" <NOPSAMmm2005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>Hi,
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>A friend has a 4 or probably 8 floodlights on a wall switch inside his
>house about 3 feet from the front wall.
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>I would like to replace the wall switch with some sort of X10 wall
>switch, that will handle 8 floodlights, 800 watts maybe.  There is no
>need for dimming.
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>And I would like to control the switch from something in his wife's
>car.  All the remotes I see seem to be meant for inside the house.  It
>can be the size of a car alarm fob, or it can be bigger.  She would
>like to turn on the lights when she is still on the street, before she
>drives up the driveway, where she has the best view of possibly
>burglars.  So she needs a range of 50 or 100 feet, depending on what
>it is when I measure it.
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>What would you recommend?   For each half of the "system".
>
>Any chance an X10 switch with dip switches could be adjusted for a car
>fob of unknown brand that has no dipswtiches.  They have four of
>those, from my earlier attempts to make this happen. :)
>
>If not, a remote cheap enough to buy one for each car would be good.
>They might be short of money now.
>
>Model numbers would be greatly appreciated, if you know them.
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