How to turn on a light across a room without a wire?
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.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by callmevlad in General Home Automation
