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I said I would report back, and KUDOS to Brickeyee and Bus_driver! They did have the solution, but..... I printed out Brickeyee and Bus_driver suggestions and gave it to my first electrician. He read them, asked if he could keep a copy of them, but wasn't sure if the County would allow it. Then he went MIA on me. Enter the second elecrician - this one I didn't have to print out the suggestions for - he knew exactly what they were talking about from my description of it. Again he wasn't sure the County would allow it, but would check. The hiccup is safety and trust reasons. County is safety - if there was an emergency and the power was turned off to the barn someone could get shocked not knowing there was a second power feed from the house still going to the barn. Power company is trust - they could object that I might use the line from the barn to the house to provide 'cheap' power from the Ag meter to supply the house. The second electrician said since both the house and barn power are being supplied from the same pole that some sort of a switch could be installed on the pole that could take the signal from the house to toggle the barn flood (which would be running off the Ag meter). What he was talking about was not a remote switch, but something that could be installed on the line itself - sorry this is over my head, but you electricians probably know what he is talking about. Any-who - this project is still on-going since it involves installing an Ag meter which means permits from the County, starting a development plan with the Power company planners, and the various inspections my poor electrician has to go through as the project progresses. So Brickeyee and Bus_driver you were right on the money with your responses - now it's just trying to figure out how to do it while keeping the County and Power company happy. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HELP!!!!

NostalgicFarm - It sounds in this case like Renovator8's suggestion of rewiring would be the best idea since it sounds like it isn't an issue only for the Christmas lights. You might be able to get additional plugs added that aren't switch controlled or you might be able to separate the overhead light which would still be switch controlled from the plugs which would then have the plugs not switch controlled. We have an X10 system that we use for controlling our window candles. The candles plug into the switch plug and then all the candles can be turned on or off either automatically at one time or manually from one switch. Our system came with light sockets rather like the one pictured above, but we've never used them. They probably could be used with lights that have covers that would camouflage them, but we've never had a reason to need them.

With remote control ? I'm basically looking for this https://www.amazon.com/SolarGlow-Stainless-Garden-Lights-Waterproof/dp/B01JBU4QZE/ref=sr_1_50?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1499549516&sr=1-50-spons&keywords=solar+path+lights+with+remote+control&psc=1 With ability to turn the off remotely