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@IVB Sounds interesting, but not in my neck of the woods.   After having purchased an Android phone with NFC recently, I am curious how you are using it with CQC and home automation in general?   Thanks

Thank you Nick, I am happy to share so take it and run.   I just hope that other tablet makers see the benefits of inductive charging and we see it in future offerings.  The current iPad inductive charging cases and mounts weren't a clean enough or affordable enough solution for me.   If you...

By door sensor I meant a way for the lock to know and report if the door is closed.  I imagine something can be done between the strike plate and a sensor in the lock or bolt.  It wasn't apparent at first, but after living with these locks for years now it seems incomplete to just know if your...

Let us know what the specs were for that resistor, like @mdesmarais says below it shouldn't get that hot.  Mine are just warm to the touch, but as a precaution they are mounted near the thermal shut-off in the can.   As @BraveSirRobin and @mdesmarais suggest derating the resistor is the key, the...

Awesome news, I will wait to upgrade my locks. I hope they build in a door sensor too. The competition and demand with this type of lock is finally creating lots of choices and features.

Understood @BraveSirRobin, I didn't mean to sound ruffled, my humor may not come across well in a post. I was genuinely thanking you for the suggestions since that Imgur slideshow is a year old and I had just got around to posting it and had missed those captions when proofreading it. So I...

Thanks @Neurorad, I respect and appreciate your dedication and opinion on the many HA forums. @Work2Play I appreciate you kind words too. That plate cost about $30 from the Leviton store (not sure of model), but what set me on that screwless path was when I bought all of my Leviton/Monster...

I forgot to say I didn't take pictures of the 3 gang apart, so to avoid future confusion I'll change that slide's caption to reflect that. Thanks again.

From spending many of my younger years as a Sparky (electrician) I have a healthy fear of electricity that I have trained myself to ignore. I thank you for your corrective suggestions and apologize if I wasted your time posting pictures, but the extension cord was a temp proof that it worked...

Anyway here is a link to my Imgur tutorial detailing my in-Wall charging Android touchscreen project, I hope you enjoy. http://www.controlmypad.com/projects.html

Hey all, long time reader, I just wanted to share my solution for an in-wall Android touchscreen for Home Automation control. I had been looking for affordable solutions for years and considered trying used iPod touches but I couldn't make them work well on the wall with charger cables attached...

To make LED bulbs compatible with Z-Wave dimmers I have used what is recommended in this thread:   http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,9262.msg61544/topicseen.html#msg61544   A resistor is placed in one of the Can Lights on the switched circuit to act as a Dummy Load meaning that since...

Since I am having trouble updating my new profile, I can tell you here that I am using MCVs Vera3 with a Z-Wave based system with a few IP and serial controlled devices.  Since I started before Kwikset or anyone else had something to offer, I have Schlage Z-Wave locks.  I've convinced myself...