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Rank: Thing Fling
Joined: 10/23/2006
Posts: 3,028
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 THING FLING made up a great kit for you to enjoy the
security, safety and convenience of technology in lighting without expensive
rewiring or professional installation.
Check out what we put together:
- A Ceiling Light Wall Switch Kit which includes 1
socket adapter and 1 wall-mount control;
- Two more socket adapters with 150ft range each; and
- An outdoor outlet receiver that includes Key
Chain Transmitter.
Easy to set up, you will get inexpensive control of your
home lighting with those appliances.
The GE Transmitters and Receivers use the same 8 channels
(Radio Frequency Codes). There are two types of products - transmitters and
receivers. At least one of each is required to create a SmartHome system, but
one transmitter can be used with several receivers.
The transmitter (functions as a remote control) sends the RF
signal to the receiver (which is plugged into an outlet and the appliance is
plugged into this receiver). The receiver then turns on the appliance. Both the
transmitters and receivers have a dial with eight different positions that
allows the homeowner to control up to eight appliances with one transmitter, as
said before. All eight appliances can be turned on at the same time or they can
be turned on individually. For example, lights on the front porch can be set on
channel 1, lights inside on channel 2, and the coffee pot on channel 3. With
just the turn of a dial the transmitter can be set to channel 3, to turn on the
coffee, and none of the lights will be affected. If you wanted all three appliances
to turn on at the same time you could set them all to the same channel.
The Wall-Mount Control you will receive is a transmitter and
it is able to control up to 8 areas of your home by selecting different
channels, and the Socket Adapters are receivers and they can be screwed into
any existing light socket. You will also get a Outdoor Receiver (out lights) to
add even more convenience, and a Key Chain Transmitter for you have secure
feeling of being able to turn on indoor and outdoor lights while still 100 feet
away from your house.
All in all you`ll find it for the lowest retail price of
$87.00 (I mean THE LOWEST; you should check it on web).
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Rank: Hot Flinger
Joined: 1/22/2007
Posts: 42
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looks interesting, sadly, only have fluorescents in here
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 12/26/2006
Posts: 1,251
Location: Wichita, KS
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  * Brand: Ge * Model: SMARTHOME_KIT * Condition: Brand New * UPC: 000000000000 Does your kids' school have a Circle of Friends? Circle of Friends is a social mentoring program based in schools pairing students with special needs with their regular education peers. It will change your kid's life in a positive way! Go to: www.buildingthecircle.org to learn more.What is Y.E.S.S.? Find out here: www.arc-sedgwickcounty.org/YESS.htmlDid you know that 1 in every 150 children in America has an autism spectrum disorder?Visit www.autismspeaks.org for more info on autism.
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 2/14/2007
Posts: 278
Location: Central Ohio
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"Easy to set up, it is an expensive control of your home lighting." Haha! They think this is expensive but sell it anyway! 
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it."
~~Elwood P. Dowd~~
~(James Stewart) in Harvey~
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Rank: Power Flinger
Joined: 4/19/2008
Posts: 62
Location: Texas
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New flinger here, just thought I would say hello to all.
Looks nice, but Ahhh.....if only it wasn't GE......
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 4/17/2008
Posts: 77
Location: In the World!
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hunibuns wrote:New flinger here, just thought I would say hello to all.
Looks nice, but Ahhh.....if only it wasn't GE......
Hi hunibuns, Same here - I'm sure you'll enjoy it here - I have and it's only been about 7 days! Welcome!  Edit for typo - I hate typos
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 4/30/2008
Posts: 111
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I guess 4 is the maximum number of orders allowed. I would have bought more since I know had free shipping, but I wasn't permitted.
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Rank: Casual Flinger
Joined: 4/17/2008
Posts: 2
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Bought one of these from TF earlier this year. I'm considering expanding the set with this one. It's actually very nice. The range is fantastic and since I rent an older house, it's a convenient way to add switches in a snap.
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 6/18/2007
Posts: 139
Location: Liverpool, NY
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asleigh1 wrote:Bought one of these from TF earlier this year. I'm considering expanding the set with this one. It's actually very nice. The range is fantastic and since I rent an older house, it's a convenient way to add switches in a snap. I just got all but the outdoor part in my mysterybox today and have already put them to use. I put the switch on the nightstand so I dont have to get out of bed to turn the lights off in my room at night!!! 
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Rank: Casual Flinger
Joined: 8/18/2008
Posts: 2
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Compatibility issues anyone?
I have not been able to get the RF104S switch to turn on and off anything but the socket adapter that came in the same package. It does not appear to be capable of controlling the RF104RFXPS-D socket adapters that were included. Is anyone else seeing this? I'm not sure if mine are simply bad (bad luck) or are not compatible (more likely).
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Rank: Uber Flinger
Joined: 12/21/2006
Posts: 194
Location: Long Island, NY
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tbauer wrote:Compatibility issues anyone?
I have not been able to get the RF104S switch to turn on and off anything but the socket adapter that came in the same package. It does not appear to be capable of controlling the RF104RFXPS-D socket adapters that were included. Is anyone else seeing this? I'm not sure if mine are simply bad (bad luck) or are not compatible (more likely). The Heavy Duty outlet (green plug) does NOT work with the Smart controller (white switch). The key chain remote is paired to the plug only. If you wanted to get more.. You would need to look at the back of the remote and match the "letter" on it. At Thing Fling, you get what you pay for... and then some!
103 Flings (not counting multiples!) and growing!
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 4/20/2008
Posts: 5
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Is this the one that is compatible with the X10 setup?
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Rank: First Time Flinger
Joined: 5/16/2008
Posts: 2
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tbauer wrote:Compatibility issues anyone?
I have not been able to get the RF104S switch to turn on and off anything but the socket adapter that came in the same package. It does not appear to be capable of controlling the RF104RFXPS-D socket adapters that were included. Is anyone else seeing this? I'm not sure if mine are simply bad (bad luck) or are not compatible (more likely). Yeah, same here. The Key Chain Transmitter and wall switch transmitter that came with mine are not "SmartHome" so they will not control the socket adapters  So I've got two useless socket adapters now. 
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Rank: Casual Flinger
Joined: 4/17/2008
Posts: 2
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That seems like a good reason to request a refund. The set I bought was fully compatible (keychain and wall switch worked with every adapter), but I would have been upset if they weren't.
Did you get exactly what you see on the photo above? If so, they should be compatible and you might need to check not only the channel setting (1-12) but also the little hidden "house" switch. Somewhere on all the pieces is a tiny pair of switches that allow neighboring houses to use all 12 channels without interference. Make sure they're all set the same.
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Rank: First Time Flinger
Joined: 5/16/2008
Posts: 2
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asleigh1 wrote:That seems like a good reason to request a refund. The set I bought was fully compatible (keychain and wall switch worked with every adapter), but I would have been upset if they weren't.
Did you get exactly what you see on the photo above? If so, they should be compatible and you might need to check not only the channel setting (1-12) but also the little hidden "house" switch. Somewhere on all the pieces is a tiny pair of switches that allow neighboring houses to use all 12 channels without interference. Make sure they're all set the same. No, I didn't get what was in the photo above. Both transmitters and the one receiver that came with the wall switch, don't have the channel settings. Which I guess is why they are not "Smart". The instructions also clearly state in bold letters, " This transmitter/receiver pair is NOT compatible with GE SmartHome remotes".
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Rank: Casual Flinger
Joined: 8/18/2008
Posts: 2
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I have confirmed that the "light socket receiver/transmitter pair" is SmartHome and the two additional "light socket receivers" are SmartHome Plus. The SmartHome transmitter is not compatible with the SmartHome Plus recievers. Solution: I'm not angry. If I had dug into the gory details before hitting 'buy' I might have figured it out. I went on Amazon and purchased a SmartHome Plus transmitter. "GE SmartHome Wall Mount (RF102TXPS)". It costs like $8 plus shipping. Sure, it increases the entire cost of the project, but, whatever. This way I'll have two transmitters and can make two working installations between the mix of three receivers.
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 4/16/2007
Posts: 55
Location: SE Ohio
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Cmon guys... One of the reasons I know to stop buying stuff here. I've received so much deals that were great, but I've also been burnt and stuff went straight into the trash. Thing Fling wrote:All in all THING FLING sells it for $22.99 (should be 19.99). Check the features and prices out. Check our shipping charges rules, you can get good discounts!
After reading these posts, all the items aren't even compatible with one another. What's up with that?
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