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Orion · 05-27-2008, 06:48 PM

We have low voltage lighting on the insides of the posts on the docks (bought at Home Depot). They are round with a semicircular shade that allows light to only shine down at the dock so as not to impact night vision, but light the dock nicely. The low voltage transformer (with timer disabled) is plugged into an X-10 controlled appliance module (I get from Smarthome.com but there are many sources). These are in my dock box, along with an X-10 receiver which allows me to turn them on from about 200' out with a handheld remote we keep in the glove box. The X-10 stuff can come in a starter kit for under $30 if you search. The newe Insteon stuff is more reliable than X-10 but more pricey. Best thing about it all is that we can also turn the lights on using a remote in the house and several different lights (pathway, dock, porch) can all be set to go on with the same code.

05-27-2008, 06:48 PM	#6
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	X10 or Insteon We have low voltage lighting on the insides of the posts on the docks (bought at Home Depot). They are round with a semicircular shade that allows light to only shine down at the dock so as not to impact night vision, but light the dock nicely. The low voltage transformer (with timer disabled) is plugged into an X-10 controlled appliance module (I get from Smarthome.com but there are many sources). These are in my dock box, along with an X-10 receiver which allows me to turn them on from about 200' out with a handheld remote we keep in the glove box. The X-10 stuff can come in a starter kit for under $30 if you search. The newe Insteon stuff is more reliable than X-10 but more pricey. Best thing about it all is that we can also turn the lights on using a remote in the house and several different lights (pathway, dock, porch) can all be set to go on with the same code.