[Shop-talk] automated home/garage lighting

[Phil Nase]

I have installed several "sensor" type switches that never worked for  
me.  My home to garage entrance has the light switch about 7 feet  
above the garage floor and just doesn't see us.  They don't seem to be  
adjustable to the angles I require.  Also it seems to make the CFLs  
flicker badly.

Seems we always have our hands full entering the garage and I would  
like the lights off when we leave (and to stay on while I'm working  
out there).  It would also be great to have something for the most  
common areas of the house we occupy while home.

Anything good out there that can be done without major wiring?  We're  
always trying to find ways to save resources.  Thanks as always.

Phil Nase
Quakertown, PA
http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/