It would be nice to turn the water heater off and keep my ac/heat on
minimal settings while I'm away for extended periods and turn them back
on a few hours before I get home from my phone.
Paul Stewart wrote:
Hehe… there are faucets that you can make “smart” now as well – last I
looked they were extremely expensive though.
For practical stuff, I really like to know when bathroom lights are
left on for extended periods of time by kids … when the garage door is
left open at night etc…. especially with the price of electricity here
(even with LED lighting) …
Also, when nobody is home for periods of time I’ll get an alert when
lights are left on … my hot water tank is connected – it stops heating
the water when nobody is going to be around …
Paul
*From: *Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Chuck McCown
<[email protected]>
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*Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:20 PM
*To: *<[email protected]>
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
No, get the dog to take out the trash...
*From:*Ken Hohhof
*Sent:*Sunday, January 08, 2017 1:53 PM
*To:*[email protected]
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
I guess I have a DumbHome.
And oddly, the things I might want to check remotely don’t seem to be
on the list. Like did someone leave the bathroom faucet running or a
burner on the stove lit. With LED lights I don’t obsess that a light
might be left on for 8 hours. And I don’t need my fridge ordering
more eggs from Amazon.
The worst DIY home automation item has to be these Ring Doorbells.
For the time people spend dealing with their bugs, they could just
hire someone to house sit and call them when someone is at the door.
Now if I could just get the dog to bring in my wife’s paper in the
morning.
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul Stewart
*Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2017 2:40 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
Look at my other posts but in short…
Ecobee3 thermostat system with remote sensors deployed on each floor
in different areas
Zwave vents that are controlled to maintain temperature in different
areas of the house
Light switches all GE (which do not have instant status option but
that’s fine for me) including dimmers
Elk alarm system integrated with controller
Controller is Vera
Amazon Echo/Alexa voice control
Weiser touch screen door locks
Water sensor in basement (zwave)
Whole home energy monitor
List goes on and one J
*From: *Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Tushar Patel
<[email protected]>
*Reply-To: *<[email protected]>
*Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 8:40 AM
*To: *<[email protected]>
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
Do you have part list you used you can share?
You mentioned Zwave. What else?
Tushar
On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
My house used to run purely on Control4 system .. professionally
installed and quite expensive. I got sick of $125 service calls
for rather simple stuff to be done and decided to replace it with
a DYI system…. The Control4 system with labour and service calls
etc set me back around $25k in total.
Right now with the DYI system I have probably $4k invested plus my
time … at most. Zero monthly subscription, zero headaches …. And
no service calls.
The one part though that I think a lot of folks overlook (as I
did) is working with electrical in your house … I replaced outlets
and switches for example and the zwave stuff I used is much deeper
than normal switches – I wish now that I had just hired an
electrician to mess around with that stuff in particular as it’s
not something I do every day kind of thing ….
I know someone in my area that does home automation for a living …
done it for years. He is very busy … his main clients are folks
who have cottages and wish to remotely control/monitor their
properties especially during times they are not visiting it very
much …
Paul
*From: *Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe Novak
<[email protected]>
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*Date: *Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM
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*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/
Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY
stuff. I am considering setting up a system at home.
https://home-assistant.io/ is the software I'd like to use to run it.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley
<[email protected]> wrote:
That's what I was wondering. I look at the stuff Lowe's and
wonder how many people have the knowledge to set it all up but
I have zero knowledge in the products. Maybe it's time to
automate my thermostat.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman
<[email protected]> wrote:
There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would
think the only money would be in the very high end stuff.
Things you probably have to focus as a sole business.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley
<[email protected]> wrote:
Is there any real money to be made in home
automation? Any recurring revenue? How about
headaches and problems?
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