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Here are some answers for you. Question 1: The answer to question one is no, they do not need to be on the same circuit. The INSTEON control signals travel using the power lines can travel from circuit to circuit. Initially as with all power line technologies you needed to install a "bridge"...

Does anyone know for sure how the new Control4 InfinityEdge Touch Screen intercom function operates? Does it use WiFi, RF or something else?

Hello All, I am looking to find some top-notch Home Automation showrooms in South-Southeast Wisconsin and Chicago areas. If you have seen or heard of any, and more than one would be helpful, please let me know. Thanks Much, Appliance Man

Hi Guys, The rising heat in a home is called a "stack effect". It is extremely hard to overcome that by pulling air from a higher warmer area and trying to push it into a lower cooler area. It can be done, but the volume of air being pulled down would have to be extreme. Even if you were...

An awful lot of the insteon development and business team at SmartHome have left lately. I tried calling a number people from SH that I met at shows and they are no longer with the company. Alot of smoke...

The pressure depends on your system and what is necessary to keep your system balanced. If you don't have a variable speed air handler, typically a bypass system is used. See the article at the link below for further explanation. http://www.achrnews.com/CDA/Articles/Techn...M100000f932a8c0 ;)

I haven't used it yet, but I didn talk to this guy at CES. He was in the South Hall, upstairs. It sounds cool and is a simple setup. I plan on ordering one soon. Later, Appliance Man

A couple of points you may want to consider... - To have effective airflow from the furnace to the attic would require a large size duct. Air will take the path of least resistance which would be through your heating/cooling vents. If you used a smaller duct to the attic and closed off the...

My brother is an HVAC contractor in NY. He met the developer of this fan system at a HVAC show in Baltimore. Apparently he is a home control advocate/geek from way back. He joked about that they finally gave him the keys to "dive deep" into home control for HVAC systems and other...

I remember seeing your report. I guess they finally were able to release it to the street.

Many of the home control protocols (Zensys, Z-wave, Zigbee) have spent alot of time and money creating marketing "buzz". The problem is that the list is small of any major manufacturer releasing any products other than some lighting controls. Broan, a huge ventilation manufacturer has...

I would definitely let the HVAC guy at least pull the wire for the tstat's. The next guy that lives there may not care for the automation and it best to have the wires at least in the walls. And three zones would get three tstat's.

I wanted to give you a little more information about the Insteon enabled Broan bath fans. It is a concept being developed by Broan to have fans in the home work as a system. To meet new building code requirements for number of air changes in the home, it is required to ventilate "X" amount...