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news:comp.home.automation andnews:alt.home.automation are good sources.How to future proof?Conduit. Nobody would ahve run CAT5e or CAT6 in 1993....
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over 9 years by MrChuck
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Wind Generated Electricity
It can be pretty easy. There are lots of resources on the web and ads and articles in mags like "home power".On the low end, some students in my c...
over 9 years by MrChuck
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House full of Cat 5e NOW WHAT?!?!
CAT5 CAN be used for audio or video. Because of impedance differences, you need to get a "BALUN" (which simple stands for "Balanced -> unbalanc...
over 9 years by MrChuck
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Silent vent fan for home theater closet
When the Mac first came out, it had no fan. Jobs is fan-phobic it seems. Fine in an office, miserable in a home in summer in western mass and lot...
about 10 years by MrChuck
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New Homeowner registering at Home Depot
Here's my fear of Home Depot:Lower quality tools.A friend has been rehabbing a beautiful brooklyn house.Lots and lots of work needed, from some new...
about 10 years by MrChuck
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Choosing network systems
Distribution panels are often really expensive simple metal boxes.For phone/computer/etc, I've used basic patch panels and punchdown blocks in a wo...
about 10 years by MrChuck
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X10 Lighting Control
I've had some X10 devices since 1984 or so.X10 is a protocol - a language - to speak to the various bits.It runs over the AC wire when the AC wire ...
about 10 years by MrChuck
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