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    Mailbox Monitoring issue

    I can already envision the installation! Mod'ed Hawkeye to add external antenna Old fiberglass fishing rod clamped to mailbox post (to gain height over metal mail truck; flexible to withstand high winds) External antenna "relocated" to top of fishing rod with coax (which impedance?) in between...
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    Mailbox Monitoring issue

    Thanks for remembering! Looks nice (needs to fit between two AAA batteries) - now (to search JameCo), what are the "Minimum Order" requirements... :o [Group Order anyone? :lol: ] Before the "Credit Card" Remotes, the "Keychain" Remotes only controlled two units. But, they had a slide switch...
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    Mailbox Monitoring issue

    [Although the OP already switched to plastic, for thread "completeness", a metal mailbox solution is:] > > > Hawkeye Use in Metal Mailbox < < < I have a RR501 approximately 10' away, line-of-sight through a wooden bay window (i.e. no metal). It's been a couple of years, works great except for...
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    UPS Advice

    Do Yourself In? :) Interesting read (but maybe a bit expensive - anyone know the AU-to-US conversion factor?)
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    Simply AUtomated UPB Dimmers

    Maybe they changed the design of the PR511, but I've had no complaints about the two that I've been using for a long time (#1 maybe 15 years?; #2 ~5 years). Before the PR511s, I had a HeathKit/X-10 Motion Floodlight - only supported 3 Housecodes (A,B,C), but the one nice feature it had was it...
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    Simple EE help needed

    If you're not a "Tinkerer" with an established "Junkbox", any components you would buy at RS would easily match (or exceed) the cost of another wallwart. Here are some ideas I just picked out of a Marlin P. Jones & Assocc. Inc. printed catalog (sorry, didn't look up the LINKs for ya!) 14591-PS...
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    40 Hour ReplayTV DVR for $149.00

    Yes, but "qualified" - you need to visit the sites I previously LINKed to and check your SAT Receiver Model for compatibility. Some work serially; some work IR; some both; some neither...
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    40 Hour ReplayTV DVR for $149.00

    This is an older, long-time discontinued unit. The 5xxx and 55xx series are reported to have better picture quality. For more information, visit: PlanetReplay ReplayTV & Showstopper PVRs at AVS For reference, many of us previously purchased: 5040 New w/Lifetime @ $150 5040 Refurb wo/Lifetime @...
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    Which Cell Phone Providers...

    A couple of LINKs to start you off (although I switched to PREPAID a few years back, you should be able to also find POSTPAID information): Howard Forums - Index CellGuru - Index Point.Com
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    a great 'puzzle' for the IT type people among us

    Possible Short Circuits BadCaps Motherboard Repair
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    [PROMOTION] CQC Software Giveaway Contest

    Thank you! ;) [Currently running ActiveHome v1.32 on a P266 laptop!!!]
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    HVAC Help

    Which is what Rupp's new 5 ton Trane compressor should have also had...
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    HVAC Help

    Does the airflow in Zone 3 ever increase (i.e. if Zone 2 or Zone 1 are enabled)? Are all the registers in Zone 3 open? How many returns do you have? If you trace the ductwork to where Zone 3 meets Zones 1 & 2, is there ANY possible obstruction between that point and the first Zone 3 register...
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    HVAC Help

    Compressors need a few minutes between power cycling [OFF, then ON] to allow the Freon to "equalize" (IIR the term correctly) on both the inlet and outlet of the compressor. Otherwise, you would be trying to compress a liquid instead of a gas. This usually trips the internal breaker on room A/Cs...
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    New CocoonTech.com feature

    Never saw underline *AND* overline before! Interesting touch... Are HA and PowerLinc still "dictionary" words? [They are no longer marked in the earlier posts in this thread.] Is there a rule that if a "dictionary" word is the first word in a sentence, skip it? [See previous post with listing of...
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    Xap

    Shouldn't AO be another "Mouseover" word? ;)
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    New CocoonTech.com feature

    Didn't I say that? ;) After some "experimenting", (when the "Reserved Word" is not the FIRST WORD in the LINK) it seems that anything after the "Reserved Word" is no longer LINKed (since the ORIGINAL LINK is now broken in two). Is it possible to determine the LAST WORD of the ORIGINAL LINK...
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    Who uses Girder for home automation ...

    Which forum? I just did a few SEARCHes and couldn't find it. ;)
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    New CocoonTech.com feature

    Wrong thread again, Martin! :o This is the "Reserved Word Lookup" Thread and those are merely examples I used that were easy-to-grab to demonstrate a"possible" BUG...
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    New CocoonTech.com feature

    Experiment 3: X10 CM15A (X10-PLC,X10-RF) - PowerLinc USB 1132B by SmartHome (X10-PLC) - PowerLinc USB 1132U by SmartHome (X10-PLC) - PowerLinc USB 1132CU by SmartHome (X10-PLC)
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