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1. [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:35:46 -0600
There's an article in the latest Popular Mechanics about networkable house wiring - switches and receptacles that have network addresses and communicate either through the house wiring or through RF.
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00082.html (7,529 bytes)

2. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:52:34 -0500
I have done a lot of X10 stuff in my house. I wouldn't use it to run a pacemaker, but it's generally suitable for most jobs like having the front lights on and off, shutting the hot tub off at night
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00090.html (8,806 bytes)

3. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:45:20 -0600
These devices are wired in - no batteries. You replace a switch and a receptacle, for instance, even on different circuits. Then you program them together, and the switch controls the receptacle. Lot
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00094.html (8,885 bytes)

4. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:46:36 -0500
Check out www.smarthome.com. You'll see quite a selection of devices and technologies. -Steve Trovato strovato@optonline.net _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://ww
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00099.html (7,272 bytes)

5. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:08:33 -0600
Thanks Steve ! Lots more info than the little Popular Mechanics article. Soooo... anyone here have any experience with this stuff ? Is it really reliable or just a toy ?? Karl _______________________
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00100.html (7,341 bytes)

6. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Gingerich" <bill@gingerich.us>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:38:00 -0600
Apparently my email didn't get the first message in this thread. Karl, which items are you asking about? I've bought lots of stuff from Smarthome over the years, and have never been disappointed. Bil
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00102.html (8,137 bytes)

7. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:25:38 -0800
For what it's worth, I've done a fair bit with the X10 stuff over the years, our house now has a Lutron Homeworks setup in it which is a (maybe too expensive) centralized control system that lets you
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00103.html (8,715 bytes)

8. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:42:42 -0600
I dabbled with X10 stuff a few years ago, still have some switches installed. I found the inside switches to be cheap. Buy the levelor paddle switches. The X10 switches break off the tops pretty quic
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00105.html (8,807 bytes)

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