From the category archives:

Home Automation

Scared No Longer – Be Secured with X10 Technology

November 28, 2008

Earlier this week I was in a high-dollar condo doing a packing job. The residents were moving out and they had quite a substantial amount of items that needed to be packed and moved. I had to chuckle to myself as I passed through the gated entrance at just how much insecurity these people have. [...]

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Burglarized For the Last Time

October 2, 2008

You feel as if you have been violated in the deepest sense. Who could have done this to you and why? What did you ever do to them? What caused them to pick your house instead of the neighbor’s house that has been sitting empty for the last month since old Ms. Maple went to [...]

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X10 Appliance and Lamp Modules – where would they be used in my home?

September 20, 2008

So, I’m sitting here trying to figure out what kinds of appliances you would use X10 Remote Controls for.  These look like great tools to use, I’m just trying to figure out what appliances would need them.  The idea is that you plug the appliance into an X10 Appliance Module and then use a remote [...]

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X10 Noise Filters, would they block the noise of children?

September 5, 2008

I was just looking at The Home Automation Store website.  I enjoy browsing this website and seeing all the neat ways to automate a home.  This morning I came across the XPF 20A Wired-In Noise Filter and the XPNRNoise Reducer.  The X10 Noise Filter and X10 Noise Reducer are filters to help with the noise [...]

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