Do it Yourself: [DIY] Re: Multiple lights, minimal travel

24 February 2013

[DIY] Re: Multiple lights, minimal travel

Kathryn==

I wonder if this will help--

We just use the sensor activate lights which come on
only at night when motion is detected..$27 each at home
depot//

By the light we ($49-99 online amazon, free shipping)
have an wi-fi ready video cam which we can access anywhere
over the net...x10 works well for us as well...but with
the auto sensor we know that it only goes on when movement
may be close to the house...otherwise any noises are
produced by the neighbors and not a bad-person....but it
requires leaving a computer on all the time to see the
video...alternate is mnust pure video without going onto
the net...but wireless is a snap...just move the cam
and hook to 110 VAC and you are on the air...by the way
we choose max range and purchased the 120 degree sensors
and we have 1 cam that has also built in motion detect
alarm, the others are dumb wi-fi cams.

We are also thinking of adding other even dumber cams
because our solar panel's wi-fi data bridge has 3 extra
hard wired ethernet ports.

Rich and Kate,

also with scarey noises around the house...

PS-

almost all our noises are 'coons, skunks or moles
the other 1% are clearly aliens that never show
up on our video for some reason...some day...;-)

--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Berck wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to turn on all three of my house's exterior
> lights at once, without having to trot from switch to switch, and
> without having to re-wire the place. Ideally, I would also like to be
> able to use a remote to turn all the lights on either from inside (wake
> up because I heard a scary noise out there) or outside (coming home
> after dark, don't want to trip over dog toys and darned if I can find
> the keyhole).
>
> Goggling around, I found this
>
> http://www.gadgetshack.com/remote-control-lighting.html
>
> and am wondering if anyone here has experience with such a device, and
> an opinion on whether or not it would serve. The house is small, only a
> maximum of 20 feet from switch to switch, although a wall or two intervene.
>
> Kathryn
>