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http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=131398
Kindly posted on a mailing list I subscribe to. 😉
K.
Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
Its nice that these ‘clever’ people mess around in their own homes only harming the wifes washing machines. ‘Cos I dread to think the damage they would cause out on the streets 😛
Martin
Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
well anyone who subscribes to a Vauxhall Performance motoring forum deserves everything they get 😆
oops, sorry Ken… Ijust re-read your post.Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
It might look crazy… but we had a very similar setup a couple of years ago when we were helping one of our customers to prototype some new frost free appliances…
But it’s not the sort of thing I’d expect anyone to try at home!
I suppose that some Vauxhall drivers might have a “Cavalier” attitude to their appliances, but it could all end in tears if the appliance goes “Nova”!
Sorry, couldn’t resist the pun.
Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
Ken stop mucking about in the automated home forums and concentrate in the work n hand!
PS have you got any home automation going on?
Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
Ally wrote:PS have you got any home automation going on?
Sssssh! Ken’s working on a remote control automatic haggis stuffing device as we speak 😉
Best not stir him a while tha noo 🙂
Martin
Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
Ally wrote:Ken stop mucking about in the automated home forums and concentrate in the work n hand!
I have to, I moderate and it’s a lot more interesting that a washing machine! 😆 That plus I moderate on the mailing list, forums and IRC it keeps me out of (some ;)) trouble.
Ally wrote:PS have you got any home automation going on?
Loads, it’s become a hobby over the years so the house is kind of on auto-pilot for a load of stuff, freaks people out a lot, which is nice. 😈
K.
Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
Martin wrote:Sssssh! Ken’s working on a remote control automatic haggis stuffing device as we speak 😉
See, only a heathen English could come away with a comment like that, you don’t stuff the haggis and you’ve got to catch the little buggers first before you cook ’em. 😉 😆
K.
Re: The Insanity Is Amazing
I’ve being considering some automation especially with under floor heating and the alarm system. I’m about one month away from starting a new build but don’t no if I can be bothered with the hassle given the fact it is quite new technology and run by a computer. If my present computer were running the show! You can bet the thing will go tits up in no time. And after a long days work I don’t fancy coming home to a girl friend screaming about her smalls not being washed properly or the alarm is ringing for no reason..
Ah, that’s my secret…I don’t rely on a computer (persay) to do the donkey work, they’re too unreliable for that IMO. I use X10 cause it’s cheap, well cheaper than the alternatives at least, and Homevision to control it all. Alarm will soon be handled by Comfort and that leads to allsorts of security tricks I can do. 😉
A server in the house runs for HA for voice feedback, music serving stuff, CCTV and a few other things with about a Terrabyte or so of storage and there’s a little 2K server doing mail (internal and external) IRC and FTP duties.
If it’s a new build get them to wire every light back to one panel and install CAT5 to every outlet you can and especially switch as that will allow you maximun potential for the future as things stand now. Even if you don’t automate it now that will allow you to do so in the future without ripping walls apart and the cost is negligable on a new build.
Read up on it, it is a lot of fun but very addictive, if you need any help just ask.
And, it’s not new technology really, X10 has been about for 25 years as the patents just expired on it and others have been in commercial use for many years as well.
K.
God, it’s a foreign language. Anyway, haggis are nasty little beasts – the lowland ones run anticlockwise round the hill, and the highland ones go clockwise. The inside legs are shorter. If you cross breed the lowland and highland varieties you get Sheep….
Ultimate home automation leads back to the original Whitegoods joke – Why does the bride wear white? Because all domestic appliances are white!
Sorry,
See you guys Monday (Parents 50th anniversary)Penguin45.
Penguin45 wrote:The inside legs are shorter.
I believe some city dwellers are now keeping these as pets which has produced the “Urban Tilted” subspecies 😆
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