I have 4 500w flood lamps on the outside of the house. The switch for these was installed inside the airing cupboard on the first floor ( very inconvenient ). I would like to replace the switch with something that could be remotely controlled from both inside and outside the house .
any ideas.
so far I have only found remote controlled plugs.
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2kW of lighting! What are you doing making movies?
Good leave 'em switched off. You probably think that level of light is required for "security" but all it does is screw up your night vision and give really nice deep black shadows for the baddies to hide in. For security it's much better to have a low level of general light that still illuminates the scroat at windows or doors but doesn't give him any where to hide if they hear someone coming. Oh and the low level of light doesn't generate as much light pollution either.
Not to mention using 2 kw's of power to heat the garden.
If you really don't want to rewire using a plug/socket, you could use an X10 contactor fitted in a mini CU, and a wireless remote:
Richard.
The electricity bill would have me weeping. We've got an OWL monitor and it's fab for watching what's using the eleccy.
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