Recent content by LarrylLix

X10? ... I had always thought your name was styled after BSR, the originator of that artform. That is where I started, just before X10 must have bought them. I still had many of their modules until I moved last year.

..Just another surprise for a cloud service...and yet people still think they are so great for HA.

I think the USB dongle has to be the thing. Need to print pretty picture stickers on it to please the wife. Another thing that seems to be taking over is the BT from the cell phone music library to the vehicle sound system, home soundbar, Alexa, GH boxes etc.. etc.. Then when you want an...

It is quite hard to protect devices typically. However in a sensitive location the first trick is metal encasement for preventing fire spread. If desired, a fuse with a lower rating than the breaker would be appropriate, sized for your wiring. However, with relay coils and motors use a time...

UDI's Eisy can see almost anything and constantly being upgraded with new connections. Many by hobbiests and some by profressional code writers. Currently implementing ZigBee nodes and Matter protocols.

I would think it is more about the surrounding radio noise also. With a rural setting containing hardly any other Zwave the tested range indicates IMHO to about 20-30m in a city environment with so many cell phones, PS adapters, WiFi and electric motors putting out RFI. Never going to happen in...

During a storm there will not be any solar power, maybe after, in a disaster. Batteries would be the only source and a simple grid based charger would be the simplest and cheapest. Consideration needs to be given if the outage covers a larger area, there may no be any mobile tower system...

If you place one anywhere near your kitchen you may need to get a visible smoke unit as the ionised air ones will go off everytime you turn on a gas burner or push the toaster down. They don't trigger on visible smoke but the ionisation of the air from the flames or heat.

What size of RAM do these units have on board?

WiFi bulbs. They dim right down to 1% without any flicker. I have been finding all dimmable bulbs disapearing from Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart and Home Hardware stores in Canada.

I am running into a similar thing with one of my bank accounts. They require a native (not third party) email account for 2FA. I don't have an email account with my ISP so I have no online access to my account.

I started out with a $10 Ooma credit to cover International calls from Canada. After about 6 years I still have more than $5 left at which point it will automatically "top-up" for the first time from my credit card. The best part about Ooma phone connections when I quit my 40 year old Bell...

I have a few Echo Shows. I find other's 5" Show not worth the effort, but I have two 8" Shows that can do all that,plus the side features of current weather, statistics from Wikipedia and total home control via my polISY box that supports most of my lighting levels, timing and colours and air...

I would be wondering where the second point of ground was to prevent this from happening again and again after fixing everything. Stats should be a completely floating electrical system that shouldn't transmit high voltage, high frequency, electrical shots because they should have no place to...

I have known about 3 Firesticks with other people and they all had to be rebooted once per night due to overheating.