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Since there's a lot of folks much more capable than I on this board I'm posting this in hopes of at least getting pointed down a path that may be workable. I have a scenario where I need to transmit a relatively high qualiity (30fps with limited skips, etc.) composite video signal from a boat...

What's your cities/municipalities policy with trash compactors? If they're sorting the trash themselves, I'll bet they don't want it all mashed together into a block the sized of a suitcase. I wish you were closer I'd give you our old compactor we removed recently. We installed a nice glass...

Mike, How old are the original boxes? In my house (build circa 1978) they used a fiber resin box (phelonic resin?) which is similar to fiberglass. I was able to simply slip a screw driver between the box and the stud and pry it into the box. This usually started to break up the box and I'd...

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Bob, I have a couple ropelights also hooked to dimmers but I can't get them to turn on at all. I swapped switches once and that didnt help. I'm going to swap them once more before I give up and try a relay switch. I did see somewhere in the manual where you can add a simple incandesant...

The "Power Center" is simply the breaker panel and communications hub. The Power Center itself is basically a bare bones box you put various components into. The breaker panel portion accepts Square D "QO" breakers (at least - it may accept others). Here's a link to the Jandy webpage -...

I've got all Jandy equipment as well. The "Power Center" is the replacement for the existing breaker box. In it are spaces for breakers for the individual equipment and a space for their control module (at the top of the box). All high and low voltage wiring goes into that box. At least with...

Hickory and Maple are both good wood to work with. Maple is a fairly 'clear', stable wood without a lot of pronounced grain unless you have some Birdseye Maple which is similar but has small 'inclusions' which gives it a lot more character (Birdseye Maple is quite sought after for wood...

Rob, Sounds like you've got a few nice toys to play with now! For the logs on your property I would strongly suggest taking them to a local lumber mill to have them cut up. There's a real skill to it and experience makes a big difference in the yield you'll get from each log. Even if the...

I understand the new scheme (I think) where, as an existing customer I won't have to add any "new components" unless I feel there are necessary for my system but does that mean you'll continue to allow me *free* access to any upgrades or additional functionality in the components I already own...

Thanks Tony! I'll get my parts list together. Since I'm 15 minutes from AO I may work through them for some of the parts too. Keith

Thanks Tony I feel better about just beginning to add ALC lighting to my house. Best of luck!

PLUS... certainly has the potential of... :o Sounds like you better stay away from an "Always On" microphone solution! ;)

Without a picture or drawings or something it's hard to say of it's a fireblock or just a block used to limit how much the joists move laterally. However if it's a fireblock and there's no ceiling on the bottom side of the joists the block is pretty worthless. I suspect it's a block used to...

Another way which I found simplier is to use some wire shelving. I installed it 'upside down' and even painted it black. If I needed a wider gap to drop the wires down, I just clipped out one of the wires at the ends. If I recall I used a 12" shelf and 'bent' it up to make a narrower...

That's EXACTLY what I did and it's worked perfectly. I did a search on ebay and won a couple auctions which had dozens of double level blocks for pennies on the dollar. I used a terminal strip because I needed a way to pull all the speaker wires from the cabinet on the main floor into the...

Is there ever an opportunity to move the lever where it doesn't want to move the entire length it want's to travel? In other words, is there a chance it could crash into any of the mechanism and bend or break anything? Sometimes you have to wiggle it just right or wait for just the right...

Generally speaking you can use typical indoor romex wire in an exposed situation as long as it is dry, protected from sunlight and protected if it's installed in a location where it can get damaged. So, you shuold be able to run it around the ceiling joists exposed but you'll need protect it...

Lowes/HD have PVC boxes (with covers) that have no holes in them. Get a 2" connector (the one with male threads on one end and a slip connection on the other). You'll need a 2" connector nut (they come is packages of 2). Get a hole saw that's the same size as the connector and drill the box...

If you put a valve in the garage to shut the water off in the winter you'd be fine as long as was one that has the little vent thumb screw on the side - as long at it's installed correctly with the vent down stream from the ball in the valve. In the shed you can use what's called "hyrdant...