Home Automation

Increasing heating/cooling efficiency

This is only partially related to automation, but please bear with me... I had a friend tell me he cut his heating bill...

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posted by IH

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X10 problems...

1. If you want to buy yourself long hours of techno frustration, troubleshooting and 30 year old, increasingly obsceles...

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posted by technoqiz

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maximum length for audio cable?

Hi all. I have a media player upstairs that streams video and audio from my PC to my TV set. It works great. But someti...

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posted by rvgara

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Can I automate my window curtains opening and closing?

Any idea how much it might cost to automate my windows curtains (on a string and pully and they look similar to the one...

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posted by slipandfall

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remote controlled light switch

I want to control my garage's outside light from inside my house with a remote controlled RF light switch. The light is...

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posted by snydley2REMOVETHIS

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Creating a home Ethernet out of installed but unused Cat 5

The phone company has installed, throughout the house, shielded Cat 5 cable with 4 sets of wires. One is used for phone...

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posted by bruno.lerer

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Hawking Tech - HomeRemote Alarm/Automation system

Would like all of you to feast your eyes on this link:- http://www.hawkingtech.com/homeremote.php product is not yet la...

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posted by hirodaryanani

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Home Domination

Sorry about the shameless plug, but I need to get off my butt and do a little marketing again finally. It's been a whil...

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posted by harrystrand

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Need help chasing interference

We have started having interference problems at night... Our phase coupler shows no problems MOST of the day... Somewhe...

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posted by Bob

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New Guy!

I'm building a new house, need some opinions, i really like the HAI omni touchscreens but is this very expandable i pla...

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posted by ethan.frances

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x10 problems between mains loops

X10 Newbie here!!. I've just set-up a CM12U to control and a few appliance modules from my PC. Everthing works fine if...

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posted by jon

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Anybody using a Pepper Pad...?

Hi gang! I was looking for PocketPC software when I stumbled onto this: http://www.pepper.com/ The Pepper Pad looks pre...

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posted by nospam

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Software for Central Heating Control

I'm having a loft conversion done at present, and I'd like to take the opportunity to upgrade my central heating contro...

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posted by rowan

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Security wiring question - how to get wires out of walls....

My home was pre-wired for a security system when it was built 4 years ago. Only 4 of the 5 external doors and none of t...

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posted by skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net

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How to do fixed wiring of X10 power at 110V?

In Europe we have DIN rail X10 appliance modules which allow permanent hard wiring using neat switches enclosed in circ...

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posted by not-for-mail

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