Yeah exactly … it really does help with costs and makes good general sense
(when everything works – mine has always worked great)
My hot water tank for example takes about 20-24 minutes to go from cold to
quite hot … that’s one heating cycle and good to go – during the day, when
running without management it kicks in about every hour for about 5 minutes to
keep things hot … works great if you have a predictable daily and weekend cycle
for hot water usage – would take a guess it saves me $40/month
On 2017-01-08, 10:16 PM, "Af on behalf of Jay Weekley" <af-boun...@afmug.com on
behalf of par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
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 <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown
> <ch...@wbmfg.com>
> *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:20 PM
> *To: *<af@afmug.com>
> *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:*af@afmug.com
>
> *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:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Stewart
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2017 2:40 PM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *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 <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Tushar Patel
> <tpa...@ecpi.com>
> *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 8:40 AM
> *To: *<af@afmug.com>
> *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 <p...@paulstewart.org> 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 <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Joe Novak
> <jno...@lrcomm.com>
> *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com>
> *Date: *Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM
> *To: *<af@afmug.com>
> *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
> <iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> 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
> <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> 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
> <iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is there any real money to be made in home
> automation? Any recurring revenue? How about
> headaches and problems?
>
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