Home Automation

Devil505 · By: **Devil505** On: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:02 am

Anyone have any USEFUL home automation gadgets? (I love gadgets but I really don't need a remote control electric tooth brush I can turn on from anywhere in the world via the internet..........or turn my garbage disposal on via the telephone...........or press a button to flush all my toilets simultaneously! :lol:

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coalkirk · By: **coalkirk** On: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:41 am

Heck yea!

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My auto clothes dryer

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My auto heron chaser. Damn things keep eating my koi.

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My auto security system. Well, truthfully, it's only semi-auto

WNY · By: **WNY** On: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:33 am

I have alot of the X10 Appliance/lamp modules for Lighting control from remotes in/around the house. I think I have 2-3 remotes to control all the lights. It's fun.
http://www.smarthome.com has a lot of cool stuff.

Devil505 · By: **Devil505** On: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:43 am

WNY wrote:I have alot of the X10 Appliance/lamp modules for Lighting control from remotes in/around the house. I think I have 2-3 remotes to control all the lights. It's fun.

I' ve looked at those but figured I play with the lights for maybe 2 days & that's it!

Do you find them really useful?

Richard S. · By: **Richard S.** On: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:53 am

Coalkirk, hook the dog to the clothesline when its chasing herons. The clothes will dry faster. :lol:

Devil505 · By: **Devil505** On: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:59 am

coalkirk wrote:Heck yea!

I've got the same exact automation device Terry! (I love the "Solar" clothes drier which is supplanted by the coal stove clothes drier in the winter!)

WNY · By: **WNY** On: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:26 pm

The modules work really well, you can add on motion sensors, etc... I have a motion sensor in the basement and it turns on 2 lights automatically for like 10 mins. Also, when you are upstairs and need to turn some lights on in the house, makes it easy too. Yes, a bit lazy, but works great.

Great for the Xmas lights, I mount them outside (in plastic bags), then one button, and all the modules set to that code turn on/off!! Lights up the whole neighborhood!

ScottD · By: **ScottD** On: Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:19 pm

You can do a lot with the x10 system. I use them all the time in houses where they want me to wire switches that I can't get to. Battery remote switch to control anything! I have a 24 position remote that I carry around and even turn the coffee on in the morning from bed cuz I go to work at all different times. Remote all lights and dim them too.
I have a customer who, after his house got broken into, installed X10 cameras with motion sensors to record a video on his computer and send him a text message with a picture clip when someone tresspasses!

WNY · By: **WNY** On: Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:23 pm

Yup, I have some of the X10 Wireless Cameras too.! Just haven't found a place to mount them, I did have one mounted in the basement in front of the coal stove, then I could check it from the Bedroom, just click the switch, it turned the camera and a light on and flip the TV on....worked kinda cool.

Ed.A · By: **Ed.A** On: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:07 pm

coalkirk wrote:Heck yea!
auto clothes dryer.jpg

My auto clothes dryer
auto heron chaser.jpg

My auto heron chaser. Damn things keep eating my koi.
auto security system.jpg

My auto security system. Well, truthfully, it's only semi-auto

I love it! best home automation system, and damn practical as well.

Devil505 · By: **Devil505** On: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:23 am

My 2 latest toys! :lol:

(Power meter & thermometer)

ScottD · By: **ScottD** On: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:03 am

Devil,
I know the bottom one is a thermal scanner but the top one? Do you use it to tell the wattage of whats plugged into it?

Devil505 · By: **Devil505** On: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:08 am

ScottD wrote:know the bottom one is a thermal scanner but the top one? Do you use it to tell the wattage of whats plugged into it?

Yes. You plug in your electric rate & then anything you plug into it will show it's cost to run. (per hour/day/month/year)
Fun little toy! (I was checking how much to run the blower fan on my TLC)

Ed.A · By: **Ed.A** On: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:42 am

Fun little toy! (I was checking how much to run the blower fan on my TLC)

And the results were?

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