RE: Home automation on the cheap
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No home automation for me. I think I would find it to frustrating especially when it came to lights. Light does not work, Step 1: check circuit breaker. Light still does not work, Step 2: remove and replace bulb. Light still does not work, Step 3: Find a light that does work and swap out with supposed burned out bulb. If it works call electrician. If not take known working bulb and place in original fixture. If it works throw away second dead bulb, if not call electrician.
I would hate to have to throw in check the special little automation box, check the computer, check the wireless routers and check what ever else needed to be checked just to verify it was a dead bulb.
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What I liked about the X10 system was that it was family friendly once you got used to pressing and releasing a switch to turn the light on. Unfortunately it has some issues and I do not really want to keep spending money on that. It is probably possible to make a simple circuit to do the switching, so I will look into that too.
The system has to work when I am not around to fiddle with things.
I see articles about homes with full automation of everything, but you have to wonder what happens when something crashes. For a regular home I think it's a luxury. At least I have learned something from my experience.
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Did you ever see that old movie about the automated house and the AI fell in love with the creator? I can't remember the name, and then the Movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project, Always have a bolt hole if you have an automated house that is what I learned from movies like that.;-}
It always goes wrong in the movies. I think the worst most people would suffer is things just not working. Ours has struck back with the bedroom light turning on in the night though.
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