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Just some feedback on what I ended up doing... I ended up using other magnets, ones from my garage door sensors that were still laying around to be wired - assuming stronger magent.   Then I used sugru - http://sugru.com/ to attached them to windows and was able to shim down a little with a nice...

    Anyway to get into the beta...

I guess now would be a good time to have a 3D printer...  I could fabricate my own enclosure - letting me buy a smaller magnet - or heck pull the magnets out of the sensors I just got and put them in new enclosures.

Thanks... checking out both sites...   Now the $20,000 question is what size magnet should get...   The gap is 7/8 from bottom of window to sill - I needed to almost place the Tane magnet on the sill for the contact to close.  Any suggestions...   Perhaps a stupid question, but should I be...

Might give this a try...   http://www.amazon.com/Cast-Acrylic-Sheet-Thick-Thickness/dp/B004N1JLI4

  Any recommendations for a magnet?  Place to buy?   Any way to compare current magnet strength to a new magnet purchase?   Here is what I currently have - http://www.tanealarm.com/products/surface_mount_contacts/sm_20_wg.asp

So we are all moved into the new house; so far things are going well with the DIY install I did during our build.   One issue is I forgot to plan for some wider gaps on a few windows.  Sensors are already buried under trim.  I am using Tane pills on all the windows.   I ordered some new sensors...

Also looking to more to all LED.  Have about 50 cans/floods - All on SA dimmers.  Hows the buzzing Work2Play - any experience with any bulbs that don't buzz.     The buzzing of my current lights was the catalyst for my project to replace them - not to mention the long terms savings.

I'll second that... any eta you can share.

Those deals are whats pushing me to make the jump.  And yes, I am ready to install now.

Just posted on this very topic.  Soliciting for opinions - should I wait for Ube or bail and go UPB.  I have no lighting control now, so looking to build an entire system from scratch.

Just getting my HA project up and running, I don't have anything for lights yet.  I was a backer of the Ube campaign on KickStarter.  I had high hopes but they are dwindling away.  I was planning on using Ube throughout the entire house and working with their API to interface with haikuhelper...

Thanks for the help...  I have been my own worst enemy many times in this project, surely not the first, or the last.

I didn't think/know it was an issue.  I had it under good authority - or so I thought, that the modules were interchangeable.   I am assuming I am on the right track considering your remark.

@DEL, yes its looks as a 4 wire zone to the panel.  I believe I have some resolution.  Perhaps those of you who understand the product can help me to ensure I am on the right road.   Quick background story...  I was going to use 4 wire smokes.  Had all the hardware lined up.  Electrician went to...