Micro Eng wrote: > > You forgot #5...look honey...I can do this and it won't add any extra cost > to the house!!. > > What I am seriously thinking of doing is adding a pair of wires to each box, > light, etc, home running them to some convient location where I have access > to (although hidden from the normal daily life), thus giving me a few > choices on controls. Even if you do go the X10 route make sure that your electrician runs a neutral wire to all your light switches. In a lot of houses (here at least) they only run the live wire to the switch and back. You need both to do power line comms. Quentin -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics