Recent content by me2

Hum, never thought about this option.. 

I have a Dakota Alert wireless model and it works great. Tried a bunch of different things over the past few years but they didn't work for me. The DA has been installed for a couple years now. Only time it has missed a car, it needed a fresh battery.

The M1 can dial up to 8 phone numbers. I don't see why you couldn't use Nextalarm. I use Nextalarm for my monitoring service and just use the POTS..

Yes!

They will not, easily, fit into a standard utility box if there are anymore wires in it than just for the Insteon device but fit fine in standard outlet/switch boxes. If your building new, have the electrician install all "deep" boxes. That makes life much easier. Running a netural to all...

How do I stop the keypads from beeping "phone fault" until the phone company can fix the lines? I pressed the * but the beeping does not stop.

I have one installed. It has been in for over a year now. Powers all my equipment with no problems. Ours is located on the oppposite side of the house from the master bedroom. We can hardly hear it when its running. It was running a few mornings ago and we were asking one another, "What is...

me 2, but i do have to stand still for a moment before I arm.. gona try Spankys idea about "force arm" too.

I think it takes the m1xin a minute to wake up. I first noticed when I could get mine to work on the second try but not the first.

Yes

I have some that are as short as 4 inches. I use a angle drill, then add extensions as the auger drills in.

These are "ship Augers" http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores...mp;ddkey=Search My set starts at 1/4 inch. Your right about the self feed hole cutters. They do clog on osb.

Two words. "Ship Augers" You can get them at any hardware center. You hardly have to hold the drill. They pull themselves thru and cut thru nails also.

We ran into this same thing while building. The inspector didnt want to hear anything about any smokes but the 120v ones. Wouldnt discuss it. I had them put one detector right at the Elk location. Then I added a relay to that smoke. The relay is attached to the Elk. I have also added more...

I am using a "Reporter Wireless Driveway Alert System". The sensor and receiver are within 100' of each other. I have moved the sensor 3 times trying to optimize it without a lot of results. It never detects cars that are cold, leaving the driveway. Its detection of in coming vechiles is...