Recent content by Cougar281

Like I said, I don't have much into x10, and right now, it's only controlling my Christmas lights. I already have the bug... It's cool to be able to control stuff from anywhere. Once I have extra money to burn, I'll definately look into one of the newer HA protocols. Funny thing is it worked...

For now, I picked up a few more X10 modules. I've got less than $65 "invested" in it. I got a few more lamp modules, a Firecracker and wireless controller, and a phase coupler. Apparently I have a propogation problem as even with the phase coupler, I was unable to control all the modules from...

Thanks for the tip. That makes sense, although after doing some more searching and reading after your tip, I tried turning on my electric range (Don't have an electric dryer) and trying it. It still didn't work. Could this just be because of the distance everything is from the load center (it's...

I have a Home Director expansion kit that I picked up cheap a while back. So far, I've only used it to control Christmas lights, but I'd like to venture into complete home automation gradually. Anyway, last year, It worked for both of hte modules I used. This year, the modules are in the same...