Recent content by SalamanderMan

Thanks for the above suggestions. The house does have a land-line, but has no internet (can't get, even satellite), no cell phone access, and no current automation.   I want this as simple as possible, completely automatic. I also have a property manager rent out the house, so I can't easily...

I have a vacation home with an electric water heater (50 gallon). There are times when it's not used for weeks at a time. What I'm looking for is some way to shutdown power to the water heater power if no hot water has been used in over 24 hours, and when the hot water feed is used again, turn...