Recent content by pete

got any cables you could 'test' with? I would at least suggest getting one 24ft cable, maybe go with a $20-30 cable, it'll have a heavier main conductor and better shielding..those 'cheapo' cables may have none..

What, no FreeBSD users here on Cocoon.tech .. I have 3 FreeBSD machines running 24/7..gateway, public servers (jailed nameservers, mail, www, ftp), and one for internal servers (samba (nfs), www) that I also use as a desktop.. .. I use Windows (XP, reluctantly) for my HA machine (running...

There are a few other 'money transfer services' out there, but PayPal is by far the most popular.. Pretty sure you don't need the 'Premire' account for small time stuff..from the PayPal site.. "If you have a Personal account, you have the option to accept credit card payments, and you'll pay a...

yeah, that'd prolly work ;) ..as long as you keep enough air moving thru the system your good to go..your setup is pretty much what commercial building managment system (BMS) do..

my garage is insulated the same as the rest of the house, it's heated, on it's own zone (no A/C though)..parking a snow and salt covered car in a garage that will keep it in a slush state (ie:not evaporate the water in a short time), will only make any corrosion happen faster.. ..a dump zone is...

a couple of quick pointers.. you should never (like is says in the arzel brochure) run just one zone (unless it's +60% of total air flow) even with a by-pass if you direct return more than 40% of the air you risk overheating the unit (or feezing the A/C coil) you mentioned that the system can...

cfm=airspeed x duct area sqft .. a hvac tech would take an average of readings, across the width of the duct (it's slower closer to the duct walls)..look to install any detector in straight run of duct to minimize any turbulance.. would be a hack for sure, but how 'bout someting like this ...

So, I guess you don't trust your firewall . .

I have troubled over this as well . . I mean many of the blues tunes I own easily fall into a rock category and vice versa . . . . have not implemented it yet (have tried small sample tests), but it would be nice to figure out a way to have any/all categories and just link the mp3s to different...

I use WW2 aircraft, and try to match the A/C performace/spec to the PC one, Birddog is my gateway, Skytrain my server, Corsair my desktop, etc

too low of a setpoint on the boiler can cause condensation inside the unit and lead to corrosion of the boiler.. suggested minimum is ~140dF

when I needed to re-key I took the knobs to the local hardware store, they did it while I waited. . less the 20 min at ~$5 a knob . .

After all is said and done how much are you paying for "their" system? Maybe you can just bight the bullet, get them to install it, then switch out the panel . .

don't have any modulators, but . . can't you inject after the set top box ? if you use a digital cable box and your analog TV is watching ch 3, you have all the other analog channels to use for modulators, no ?

back to the topic of rolling your own . . never got past the 'hey, would this work' stage, but was thinking of trying to use stepper motors to control my verticle blinds and/or replacing the crank handle of my casement windows ?. . never messed with them before so I don't know how much torque...