355spider

Yeah I like that a lot. My house has two separate electrical boxes so I'll need plenty of repeaters to bridge it I think.

Yeah I just hate Idea of an automated house relying on batteries. Kind of defeats the purpose a bit.

No insteon devices yet and yes the mesh network is a concern. I want it to work without me chasing dead batteries in one of six motion detectors and six wireless door sensors etc. I already chase the damn smoke alarms all over the house with deas batteries. They drove me a little insane. I don't have any lamps Teken.

I guess using range extenders is how you fix that?

So essentially that makes the insteon hub communicate with other motion sensors? I noticed insteon has wireless sensors but how long do the batteries last? My other concern is that our house is 7000sqft and there's no way a wireless sensor has the range to go across my house which I see from some of its reviews.

I'm looking to install some motion sensors to trigger lights but I can't find an insteon light sensor combo. Lutron makes one that's built into the light switch and has a light sensor so it doesn't go off at night. Love them in my garage. I don't want to have to wire my house with several insteon motion sensors.