Recent content by rsspencer

How can I go about making my garage door into a dog door? I can't seem to find anyone who makes a good, secure dog door for very large dogs. So, I thought I'd put out the challenge for one of you creative brainiacs. Can you tell me how to do it? I want to automate our standard rollup garage door...

Just an observation and question from a noob. Everyone seems to recommend shielded wire for microphones/intercomms. However, speaker wire has no such recommendation. Speaker wire is larger to accomodate the wattage of the amplified signal but other than being amplified, the speaker wire carries...

Oh, and for those noobies that may come after looking for wire, I decided on Belden #5502UE though the "riser approved" is a bit overkill for residential. "5502UE - 009U1000" the "009" is color code for white, the "U" is for a box instead of a reel (omit "U" for reel) and "1000" is the lenght in...

Thank-you for all the good info. That helps a lot. I think I'm starting to understand belden's numbering system a bit. But shear number of variations of cable is staggaring. Not to mention various lenghts and colors and reels vs. boxes, etc. Great to have choices but a bit overwhelming. 1. If I...

Would one of you fine people be able to provide me a belden model # for 22/4 wire to use for security? I'm a newbie HO providing a few thousand feet of the wire for the installer for door & window contacts as well as PIR's, glass breaks, flood sensors, occupancy sensors and the like but can't...

We live out in the country on a farm and have tons of pests all the time. We used to live in the old barn that was infested with mice, wasps, spiders, etc. Actually we moved because my wife couldn't stand finding dead mice in our toddlers toys. Lessons learned: Ultrasonic mice repellers don't...

I know there are some combo intercom/touchpads like HAI Touchpad 5.7e but has anyone included a wireless handset and video camera with them for an all in one communication device? It would seem to make sense as an intercom and phone are very similar except one communicates in the house and one...