Magic Light Switches: No Wires Required

I'm an avid do-it-yourselfer. I'll tackle just about any chore around the house.

Busted plumbing doesn't faze me. I've got tools. Furniture repairs, loose hinges, drawer knobs fall off or refrigerator door handles on the wrong side. I've got POWER tools and I'm not afraid to use them.

But, I won't work with electrical wiring.

If it means running wiring down the inside of a wall from some undisclosed source, I will not do it. I would rather do without.

When the kitchen light switch was on the "other side" of the kitchen, I would endure the bruised body parts and walk across in the dark.

When I had to bend over, open the cabinet and reach back to the switch for the garbage disposal, I began to consider wiring a switch once again. I quickly nixed that idea when I realized how close to a water source I'd be working. The convenience of a counter height switch went down the drain.

Then there are those certain power outlets in a room that activate by a switch near the door. Notice that there is seldom rhyme nor reason to the location of the power outlet. I was especially amused by the switch that controlled the power outlet directly below. Which, ironically, is where the lamp was placed. I could as easily switch the lamp on at its base as to use the wall switch.

I wanted the switch to illiminate the lamp on the other side of the room which would conveniently light my way to the kitchen, the hallway and the bathroom. I'll not admit how many piggy-back extension cords were run around the baseboards to accomplish just that.

Oh, sure, I considered installing a clap activated remote switch. But what if I just wasn't excited or energetic enough to give it a hearty clap? What if my hands were full and I was left with nothing to clap?

Or, what if I was down with a body-weakening-chills-and-fever-I'm-going-to-die-already flu and hadn't the strength to clap the light on. I could die trying.

Then, there was that big dream I had back in the 1970's when all that I really, really wanted in life was a log home. I toured dozens of model log homes and I was in love. I stopped dreaming when I read of how difficult and costly it was to run wiring in log walls.