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Outside lights. You can control the lights outside your garage and walkway. With a wireless remote you can control the outside lights in any x-10 light from your car.

1. Inside lights entrance hall.
2. Overhead living room lights.
3. Living room table lamps. You can either use lamp modules or screw in lamp modules.
4. Children's room, "Light out kids".  Or computer off kids.
5. Utility room. "All off" assures that any lights left on are off, saves electricity.
6. Basement lights.
7. Burglar control. If you have a burglar alarm the module flashes the lights when it is tripped..
8. Thermostat control. Turn on your heater from work or the car so that the house is warm when you get home! Or put the heater on the timer. If you think you left the heater on when on a trip using the telephone control you can turn "All Off".
9. Telephone control. Think you left a light on when you get to work. Just call up and turn "All Off"! Get the home warm on your way home from the car cell phone.
10. "Fire starting" appliances like space heaters and iron. Keep them on the module just in case they are left on. All off will turn them off if left on.  Another great safety feature!
11. Outdoor and indoor Christmas lights on a timer.
12. Program lights and TV or radio to go on and off at the same times you would usually have them off when you are on vacation.
13. Wake up lights.  Is your bedroom dark in the morning?  Set some lights in you bedroom do go on one at a time so that you wake up gradually.
14. Don't want the telephone to disturb you when you are sleeping?  If you wire in the phone to the dry contacts of a 120 volt relay with the relay plugged into the appliance module you can program the mini timer it to turn on when you need to wake up so that the phone does not wake you while you are sleeping. Click here for plans.   This is especially great for those day sleepers!   (Note you will have to wire a phone jack and plug to the "in and output" of the low volt control.)

There are many different types. They control lights and appliances. They have "All Off" buttons and "All Lights On" buttons, and will dim all lamps (on lamp modules and light wall switches). "All on" is great when waking up at night after hearing a noise. Multi module controls are also available in recessed wall mount so that many lights can be controlled from one location.

Mini Controller
Controls up to 8 devices from one house code. With "All Off", "All Lights On", Dim/Bright.

Maxi Controller
Controls up to 16 devices from one house code. With "All Off", "All Lights On", Dim/Bright.

Programmable Mini Timer
Control up to 8 devices on one house code. It is a clock & timer that can be programmed to turn on and off lights. For instance if you need light in your bedroom to wake you or wake your children up. You can turn on one light at a time in your bedroom to gently wake you up. Doubles as a normal control with "All Off", "All Lights On" and Dim lights.

Wireless remote
A garage door type of control that you can use to turn on your porch light from the car and turn it off when you get in the car. There are different types that will control up to 16 devices. A great safety feature. A booster is also available to increase the range.

Lamp modules
They come in modules that plug into the 120v receptacle and the lamp plugs into it. Also they come in a screw in-base, in other words the base screws into the lamp and the light bulb screws in the base. All lamp modules can also be dimmed from a remote. Lamp modules are for incandescent lamps only. X-10 lamp modules can not control fluorescent lights but appliance modules can power them on.

120 volt wall light switches
These replace the 120V wall switch. If the switch is controlling a 120 volt receptacle use a lamp module on the lamp. The reason is that if anything other than a incandescent light is plugged in the receptacle the device will destroy the X-10 switch. These switches are for controlling incandescent lamps only! They come in a variety of types in both ivory and white push button and rocker switch. Some X-10 wall switches also are dimmers. Lights can be dimmed from the Mini and Maxi control. Control your out door lights from the car with the wireless remote.

Wall switches for fluorescent lights and appliances
These are "appliance controls" from a light switch. Dimming is not possible.  For fluorescent lights, anything with a motor, (ceiling fan) space heater.   Use these when the wall switch controls a 120 volt receptacle.  Will respond to "All lights On" and "All units Off".

Appliance modules
They can for example turn on the coffee pot just before you wake up. Appliance modules are available in 120V, 15 A and 20A and 240v 20A in ivory and white. You can also put appliances on them that can start a fire, like space heaters and irons so that when "All Off is hit they are safe. Also with one of the many programming controls these can be programmed to go off at a regular time just in case someone is distracted and leaves one of them on.

Wired in modules
These are used when it is not possible to plug in the appliance or light. They are wired into the circuit. The module has self adhesive tape and is put in the appliance. This could be used for controlling the ceiling fan and light separately, without running separate wires. It could be also used to control certain lights in a string of lights that are wired on to switch like outdoor lights. For example to individually control outside lights on one switch, so you do not have to light up the neighborhood to walk to the car. Recommended to be installed by a qualified electrician.

Low volt control modules
These are modules that is plugged into 120 volts and have low volt dry contacts. This means that you can use the contacts for any low voltage circuit like a phone line. You need wiring or electronics experience to do the wiring. A typical wiring diagram of switching on and off a phone line is being made.

120 volt and 240 volt receptacles
These are for controlling appliances and fluorescent lights. You can control lights but it can not be dimmed and will not respond to "All lights on". With the local control disabled receptacel you can also turn off the TV or computer in the kids room!  If they do not have a control they will not be able to turn it on again.  To be able to have complete remote control over the ON/OFF status of appliances. Since the local control has been disabled, kids cannot turn appliances that you have turned off remotely on again. Great for this receptacle is ideal for locations such as kids' rooms where you want controlling bedtimes, TV watching, music, etc. The receptacle also has he unique feature of a feed through wire that becomes live when the outlet is ON and turns off when the outlet is OFF. Use this wire to power other non-X10 receptacles. Responds to ALL OFF.

Receptacles come in 120V 15A, and 20A and 240V 20A, duplex receptacles with one X10 controled and local control disabled, 240 volt are single receptacles.

Motion detector floodlight
Works like other motion detector flood lights but is controllable by X-10.  Great for walkways and back yards and in the garage.

Telephone interfaces
Connected to the telephone line and makes it possible to remote control X-10 devices from any phone. Doubles as a normal control with "All Off", "All Lights On" etc.

Furnace & Air conditioning control
Remote control of the temperature in your home. If your rooms have individual controls then you can control each room separately each with it's own X-10 control!

TV and home entertainment remotes
Programmable universal remotes that can control up to 8 devices with X-10 remote control.

Programmable controls
A programmable control that is programmed by a PC and then works independently, i.e. once programmed it independent and not connected to the PC.

Voice activated self contained computer control and PC controlled
You can for say example, Hal (you can name it anything you want) turn on the hot tub and TV to channel 5.  The self contained systems ranges in price to the thousands and the PC based systems range in price from about $300 they are not for the typical "do it yourself'er". Please e-mail for availability and prices.