Fight Chaos - the Fix-It Blog

My blog about sorting things out. I like things to work, I don't like wasting my time. Life is busy - why put up with things that annoy you?

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Using an Industrial Limit Switch to Lock Out Garage Door Opener When the Door Lock is Engaged

It's pretty common to see garage door bolt locks that lock the garage door closed with a pin through the door rail. Garage Door Bolt Hav...

Automating a 220V Pool Pump using a standard Home Automation Light Switch and a Contactor

I had some spare Insteon Switchlinc Relays remote control switches and wanted to control my pool pump remotely, and put it on a programmed r...

Inexpensive Water Leak Detection using a Dry Contact Input

When I installed my automated water shutoff valve, I used three of Smarthome's battery powered, wireless leak detectors. They work quite...

Installing an Automated Water Main Shutoff Valve with Water Leak Detectors

One of our family members recently had a dishwasher fail while they were away from their house, and they suffered water damage to their enti...

Monday, December 2, 2013

Aluminum Wheel Cleanup

This fall I purchased a second hand set of wheels to use for winter tires for the new station wagon. When I got them - they were quite badly...

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