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[john]

I'm a newbee to the X10 modules and switches.
I think I can use them to solve this puzzle,
since this sound pretty simple, but want some
help as to what to buy.

We recently had an all-season room built that
is walled in cedar.  It is lighted with a
ceiling fan and a bank of recessed eyeballs.
At the outside door is one three-way switch
for the eyeballs.  Inside the house door is
the other switch, plus the switch for the
ceiling fan.  Trouble is, the contractor
installed these latter switches BEHIND the
door when it is open (no giggles, please).
We can remove them and patch over since it is
drywall.  However, I want to replace them
inside the cedar room without cutting the
cedar to re-run the wiring or recess new
switches.  I think that I can put modules
inside the current switch box when I remove
the switches, install replacement wireless
switches to the surface of the cedar with
double-stick tape or screws, and replace the
other 3-way switch at the outside door with
another wireless.  What modules and switches
would I need?

Is my description clear enough?  Anyone
interested in answering that wants a sketch,
let me know I can email directly with a sketch.

[Brian H]

Do you know if the boxes where  the switches
are have a neutral wire in them? The fan
would need a relay type switch and if the
recessed lamps are of a low voltage type
with a power supply running them. They also
would need a relay type switch. X10 Pro
makes a fixture module that can be mounted
inside the electrical switch box but it
isn't three way. You maybe able to use a
relay type switch that is blocked by the
door; you just may not be able to push it
manually. They can be used with a companion
switch for three way operation. You would
need a tranceiver module to take the RF
remotes signal and send it over the power
line to the switches.