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Cable-pulling Humor

If you have ever tried to pull long lengths of low voltage wiring (say, for purposes of home automation), or tried to p...
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posted by invalid
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by invalid

dimmer lights for house

I am busy in the infancy stage of automating my home and am trying to limit any wastage on what I buy. I have Halogen d...
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posted by dbmarcos
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X10 software locks WinXP

I have used the X10 Firecracker CM17a sucessfully on Win98 and 2000 with Homeseer but recently installed it on XP. The...
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posted by c5pilot
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Garage door remote control constantly transmitting??

My condo building has a gated underground garage. All owners have a remote control to open/close the gate. We have been...
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posted by noblehouse53
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by noblehouse53

Deer camera for cars?

I have a trail c amera that takes pictured of deer walking down trails in the woods. I would like to use it to take pic...
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posted by nhull
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by nhull

What is lowest wattage for WS467

I just installed a WS467 wall switch to control a 4 watt night light and was surprised to find it doesn't work. If I us...
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posted by DLC
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120V limit switches

So, for over 20 years, there has been a 120V limit switch in the basement of my grandparents house that turns on a ligh...
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posted by flip+spiced_ham
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control outside lights with garage door remote?

I have a brand new Sears Garage Door Opener that has two extra buttons on car remotes ( clicker) that Sears say can be...
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posted by eckerpw
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Control Linc Maxi 4071 dilemma

The unit, http://www.automatedoutlet.com/product.php?productid=751&cat=19&page=1 (no affliiation or endorsement, just t...
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posted by ROBERT_GREEN1963
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Fujitsu MBF200 scanner

Hi! I am testing the Fujitsu MBF200 finger scanner. Too, I have got the Verifinger SDK (http://www.neurotechnologija.co...
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posted by melquiades
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proposed ANSI standard for powerline modems

ftp.tiaonline.org/tr-30/tr30MAIN/Public/2005%20Meetings/2005-12-LakeBuenaVista/00512012_project_proposal.doc
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posted by nobody
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Is anyone working with I2C or SMBus devices for HA?

My new PC motherboard comes with an I2C pin header. I would think this connector would have remarkable extensivity in t...
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posted by ROBERT_GREEN1963
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by ROBERT_GREEN1963