Recent content by GadgetNut

My 2 cents... If you can get wires to them at all, you should go with wires. All of the affordable wireless speakers have drawbacks of one sort or another. Usually pops & crackles when they should be silent. The 900Mhz ones have the best range, but poor noise immunity. The 2.4GHz ones...

I was thinking along the lines of a dry contact ouput when I thought of using the Velleman kit, so X10 RF wasn't considered, but the DS10a and a modified Hawkeye probably a good approach. There is a good article on how to interface a contact closure to the Hawkeye at...

For those of you that have basic electronics kit building skills and interested in non-intrusuve monitoring of electrical appliances (washer, dryer, etc.) or other electrical devices, I've put together a current sensing circuit using a CR magnetics current transformer and a modified Velleman...