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that looks nice from the outside but the inside not so much.  it cracks me up that everyone and their brother is doing door locks when that's the one thing the big players have been doing well for a long time where automation is concerned.  ill stick with my kwikset keypad zwave locks

the duct seal is what you want, it is like clay that is a little greasy, I can confirm it stays soft forever and you could cover a pretty big hole with it.

i have 5 of the hue bulbs that i am using with vera. I have a controller switch sitting on my counter that i need to install this week so turning the light off at the switch is not a problem.  if it works well ill be replacing a few more switches but at $60 a bulb and $40 a switch it gets...

i would say that is a pretty good way to go, signal loss from a jumper would only be noticed buy people who buy $100 power cables and even then not until you told them it was there.  I am not a fan but lots of people like having keypads in each room, so it might be worth adding that wiring in to...

 i think we are running the exact same setup idea. and that is the exact same project i wanted to do but never got to over the winter.  I original intent was to do it with a bunch of 4 way splitters with volume control. but i have 6 or 8 amps and wanted 8 output zones in jriver and it just...

i have 3 of the br30 hue bulbs, and three of the standard bulbs on the way from this deal (http://slickdeals.net/f/6664644-philips-hue-starter-kit-model-426353-for-149-99-or-philips-hue-single-bulbs-3-for-131-97-free-shipping?)   the phillips app isnt great but it gets the job done and I have...

its up and running i still need to make it look pretty, so someone other than me can understand the wiring, it will be a few months till i get to that but ill post pics once i do

I only use the head phone amps when I want multiple zones playing the same thing.  a simplified example would be a two zone system as follows: zone 1(upstairs): sound card to receiver/amp to speakers zone 2(downstairs):sound card to receiver/amp to speakers zone 3(everywhere): sound card to...

  nothing to see in pictures right now, the wiring is all in a big pile. one of these days i will mount it all on a board and label it.  The headphone amps are all  "behringer ha400" picked mainly because they are only about $20 each and they have individual volume adjustments which makes it...

maybe i am reading it wrong but doesnt that say for 75-150amps, unless you live in a staduim i dont think your tv pulls that much power.  

if your looking for cheap easy and good i think jriver is the best way to go, the only downside in my setup is it takes up a fair amount of space and there is more setup on the front end(not hard setup just more things to buy(though the total is still cheap) and connect. Firstly i will say that...

I dont know what level service you were talking to, but when timewarner put in my docsis 3 modem it had built a built in router that they insisted couldnt be bypassed till i made it up to the third tier of support, then the guy knew in about 4 seconds what i wanted done and did it remotely in...

No, I cut the cord a long time ago, but if I can throw you off topic...do you have internet with them? im thinking of switching but they are basically the same price as time warner ($95 for 50/5) did you wheel and deal with them at all? i would switch if they give me a static IP

what I would do(and partially just for the cool factor) is put a trap door in the floor and build an area into the crawl space, say header of one joist and make it 5 feet long so you have plenty of room to move around. line it with shelves either enclosed or open backed depending on the climate...

i have lots of the mono price speakers, they sound pretty good, and fantastic for the price. the outdoor speakers aren't as good but they are good enough for party music so i havent replaced them