Paul,
I have two garage door openers. Both work with a remote and each is wired to a doorbell button just inside of the house to garage walk through door. How is that for a description? I removed the light bulbs from each opener. They did not help much and wasted a lot of electricity (which is precious commodity in So. Calif.). If I need a light I can darn well turn it on.
Here goes another sort'a thread hijack. I have a switch by the door from house into garage that turns on an incandescent lamp for brief trips into the garage; for example to take out the trash. That way I do not shorten the life of the fluorescent lamps. Again, better for the ecology and my pocketbook.
Bart I have an electric lamp that was in use in 1925 and still works fine. It is a rugged little beast. It hung down on an electric cord, a couple feet long, from the ceiling. It was bare (no shade of any kind) and clear glass and made the most wonderful shadows. It was in a walk-in closet. I used to go in there, close the door and bat the lamp so it would swing around and make all of those shadows dance.
Wait a minute, I'll go take a pic of it.
Enjoy,
JimB