Recent content by smasraum

Exactly, that's my worry. I've read about surge suppressors that you can put inline that are supposed to save the adapter, but I'm dubious about anything stopping lightning.

Thanks, that link is interesting. I've always got at least 1 PC running full time already, so that's not an issue. I'll probably be running the thing as a weather station for a bit before I'd try to interface with my HVAC system. A big concern is having wires running from a sensor on the...

Cool, that sounds quick and easy. Thanks!

Nothing yet. I'm still reading "Weather Toys" (written to teach how to build a weather station using 1-wire gear including some java programming for 1-wire). I'll be using my old PC and several sensors/modules for temp, air pressure and humidity indoors and temp, humidity, etc... outdoors...

I don't see us living here too many more years. I'll definitely be hanging around so I can add some serious automation to the next house.

I've been interested in HA for a long time, but there are always more important things to spend money on, right? Most of the posts here are over my head and much farther than I'd ever get in this house, but I think you guys could help/answer a question for me pretty easily. I've got an old 2...