In "Kenny" writes:

TV remotes use infra-red so can't work through walls!

A decade or two ago tehre were reports of the (then) new
compact fluorescents strobbing in a way that would sometimes
spoof infra red remote controls.

The original poster might check and see if there any
of them around...

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