Recent content by BBall4

Thanks, now I finally got it through my thick skull. haha. It makes sense and narrows down the choices for how I want to do it. Thanks, Bobby

So are you guys saying that the homerun hardwire choices can't be traditionally ran? This would be only one run from a breaker to where the circuit is going to take place, then power daisy chained to all the applicable outlets/switches. Then I would make a run of Cat-5 from each outlet/switch...

I guess it's just going to take some research to find out if what I want to do is possible. I sure hope so cause I know that I won't be able to afford it when I build the house. Bobby

I'm not sure if I'm understanding you 100%, my idea was to traditionally wire the home so that no automation hardware would be required to make the house "function." Then I would just run a Cat-5 line from my control center to each switch/outlet that eventually I would want control over and...

So it does seem that hardwired is the way to go. I'll be doing all the wiring for the house, romex and Cat-5. My plan was to make a home run of Cat-5 from every light switch and outlets I want control over to the mechanical room where everything will be located. That seems to be the easy part...

Thanks a bunch, that helps me out a ton. Now I have lots and lots of reading. Some of the things that I eventually would like to accomplish would be having motion sensors at doorways where my children will sleep so that the lights will come on in the middle of the night so they can find the...

In the spring I'm going to begin building my own home that I would like to eventually completely automate. It's going to have to be a little bit here and a little bit there when money is available. I will be building the house myself so I'll be doing all the wiring and have complete control...