I had those GE RR-7 relays in my old house in Md. IBM Gaithersburg used them everywhere and the maintenance folks gave me a bunch of them. The real problem with the original switches was they would bind on the cover if it wasn't perfectly aligned and the relay coils would burn up. They will not take a continuouis "pick" shot. They are pretty nice for things like your outside security lights because they can be controlled form an unlimited number of locations.
I ended up designing my own system here using CMOS and solid state relays. It basically works the same way but only requires a SPST momentary contact switch ("D" flipflop). The added advantage is I have a delayed power on so my motion detectors will not latch on in a short power hit.
