Modernize Vintage GE 24v Lighting Control System?

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I can’t come up with anything that is ideal but here are some ideas…

Battery-powered switches and dimmer switches

Hi everyone, I’m new to all this but coming along. I’m confused about why every wall switch seems to require house power. I don’t seem to be able to buy a wall-mounted switch (as in, I want to Velcro or glue it to the wall, without a box), with the radio powered by a battery, that I can use to control my various lighting scenes and whatnot. There are plenty of remote controls – handheld sorts of things, or else elaborate multi-switch keypads, but not just a simple “switch” remote or “dimmer” remote that doesn’t tie into house wiring at a switch box. I think maybe I’m just using the wrong vocabulary… it seems like such a thing really should exist. While I’m at it, why isn’t there an in-wall switch with a battery (maybe even a rechargeable one!), so as to support houses with line-interrup…

ANother solution is to replace your central transformer with lots of e.g. aeon relays… THen you can use the existing switches to switch the relays but they would also work with SmartThings…
http://www.amazon.com/Aeon-Labs-DSC26103-ZWUS-Wall-Controller/dp/B008VWBNAU

or you could replace all your esisting bulbs with Lfix or Hues (or similar)

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