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Several years ago when remodeling my basement, I decided to upgrade my smoke detectors and put CO detectors in all rooms. The smoke detectors were about 13 years old. They were 110 volt with no battery backup. I pulled out all of the 110 volt wiring and put in 12 volt detectors wired to my...

Several years ago, I installed the LiteSpeed system in my basement remodel. We did not have a ton of headroom, nor a lot of extra power, so this worked great. Overall, I am was extremely happy with the look and the install. A couple of issues that I do have is that the bulbs do not last. It...

When I finished my basement, I ran a bundle of 2 cat5 and 2 RG6 Quad Shield to every location. Currently, I have all of these coming into my 42" Leviton Can. Only 6 of 20 or so are terminated, and the reality is, only 2 are active. There is a ton of wiring in the can that is not used. I am...

What is needed to interface the Shlage locks with HAI? If I am currently using UPB, will this be compatible?

Watching Ask This Old House the other day, they had a retrofit heating zone system that used air bladders in the ducts for zoning. I looked up the system they used, and it ran $5k plus. I have done some searching and found a place that you can get a basic kit for less than $1000. Ideally, I...

My OmniPro II is no longer getting network link. To be honest, I have not used the ethernet in at least 6 months, so I do not know when it broke. I was excited to see that the new .NET SDK was out and wanted to plug away at a project that I have been waiting to do. Any thoughts on...

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I have an existing structured wiring can that is sitting between studs in my utility closet. It is full, and I would like to move all of the coax (I have two coax to every jack on the basement and first floor level after a remodel) and related components to a seperate can. The stud space to...

I have approximately 25 Simply Automated switches in my setup, and need to add about 25 more. Many of these are the originals that did not support responding to a link sent from themselves. Most of them are the ones that you had to try a million faceplates on to get one to work or file the...