Recent content by Just Another Joe

http://davehouston.net/frequency.htm

I ended up just using a small sewing pin nailed into the drywall. The transmitter was then slipped over the protruding pin (hole much larger than pinhead), and the pin bent over to hold it in place. If/when it is ever removed, it should leave only a very tiny hole. The tape that came on the...

Mounted the DS10A this morning, using the supplied tape on the two contact pieces, and the Wally-Wart tape on the transmitter. [Correction: it is called Mounting Tape, not Hanging Tape, and it is foamy.] Because of the ridges on the back of the transmitter, the tape was not thick enough, so I...

Just got back from boxing-week-sale shopping, including Wally-Wart. They had two types: carpet tape and hanging tape; I got the hanging tape in a removable type. It is white, but not foamy in the way of the tape included with the DS10As and the x10.com slim switches (likely the same). So...

Thanks so much for the replies! I'm glad I asked before just sticking them on with the supplied tape. And I appreciate the pointer. Is there a common source for the 3M VHB Double sided tape? If not, I'll just get whatever is available at Wally-Wart.

Would like to use a DS10A X-10 door/window sensor to sense when the bathroom door is open/closed, but don't wish to make holes in the door and wall. Both halves of the contact have double-sided tape, and there are two additional pieces of double-sided tape included which I assume could be used...

How about Mercury, Venus, Mars... . Not very imaginative, but since most (all except Earth?) are named after mythological characters, it would kill two birds with one stone.

Thanks, Lagerhead! To be released Oct. 1; looking forward to it.

Oops... slipped a decimal: 365@24 = 8760 hours in a year, so one watt running for a year = 8.76kWHr, and 70 one-watt devices would be 613.2kWHr. At $0.22/kWHr, that's $134.90.

"Ardvarc" of Control; not sure whether there was a Kaos counterpart. Anyone remember whether U.N.C.L.E./T.H.R.U.S.H. had computers? Still anxiously waiting for the studio to release "The Man From..." series on DVD.

Not from Terminator, but how about Colossus

ISY

Dan, that appears to be a Heath/Zenith device; in fact it appears to be identical to the one I installed. I wasn't able to locate the manual for the one you linked, but if is like mine, the manual override does not require that the switch be physically held for one second. Rather, it requires...

Great question! I'm in the same boat as you Jeff, and have just begun investigating providers, particularly Vonage. Some of what I have found out may be of interest to you. As others have said, the Vonage device (whichever one you choose) can be taken with you from your cottage, anywhere you...

SmartHome still has them here; they call them 'Code Clickers'. Four dollars for a ten-pack, in red or black.