good remote control lights?

[J_J]

powerstroke444e,

How about cell phone control, from wherever.

A Remote Power Switch activated with a phone call


Years ago, someone had a phone activated unit to do various things like turn on sump pump, turn on AC, turn on lights, etc. You simply dialed your house number, and the unit answered, and you pressed certain numbers to activate certain things. You could also listen to conversation or dogs barking , etc. I am sure there is a similar system out there.

http://www.smarthome.com/300601/Telephone-Controller/p.aspx

http://www.iec.net/adp0201.html

http://www.remotepowerswitch.com/rps.htm

http://www.smarthome.com/30416A/Thermostat-Telephone-Controller-ACC0433/p.aspx

Read . TO TURN ON A LIGHT

 

[tommu56]

powerstroke444e

I use these for my generator (2 channel) and for some lights (4 channel) at my cabin

Auto Roll 4 Channel RF Remote Control

4 channel
Auto Roll 4 Channel RF Remote Control

if you are electrically they work great we have 3 remotes for each one wives mine and a spare we pull up the lane and hit the button and generator starts right up..

tom

 

[powerstroke444e]

Well I started reading about he 10x stuff and still trying to get my head around it but it looks like it may work. If I put the controller on my porch which is about 60' the 10 x system will got threw the wires and to the switch in the shed ? 190' way to turn the lights on? If I am on the right path please let me know. As a cell phone system won't work as I don't have internet @ my home.

 

[beenthere]

I might suggest a garage door opener, that not only opens the door but turns on a light (could add more lights for the drive to be lit up as well).

For a driveway alarm, I use the Radio Shack Reporter wireless alert system. Units are about $80 and the batteries last a long time. Receiver in the house will ring the doorbells. Also can wire it through a motion detector circuit to get it to turn on a house light for the length of time a motion detector can be set.

 

[J_J]

Well I started reading about he 10x stuff and still trying to get my head around it but it looks like it may work. If I put the controller on my porch which is about 60' the 10 x system will got threw the wires and to the switch in the shed ? 190' way to turn the lights on? If I am on the right path please let me know. As a cell phone system won't work as I don't have internet @ my home.

You only use the aux plug for the lights. You dial the number, and enter the code, and the lights come on.

 

[redryder78]

I just wired my outdoor lights to an old garage door opener and it works at least 2-300ft.from the garage.

 

[DELInstallations]

If you don't mind my asking, what brand driveway sensor and where did you get it? Does the sensor use batteries or does it have to be hard wired?

There's a few manufacturers out there, both wired and wireless. I've only installed wired, but I've had to look into the wireless ones as well. There's Cartel, Mier, Dakota alert, and a few others, depends on budget and what you want it to look like/not look like when done.

Keep in mind, this is part of my daily trade.