Sunday, November 30, 2014

Leak Sensor and Open / Close Sensor Heartbeat Monitoring, Low Battery Monitoring

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In the last week I finally got the programming done for heartbeat monitoring and low battery monitoring. I based my programming on an excell...

Insteon Powerline Modem (PLM) Issues - Appeal to Smarthome to Improve Upon the 2413S.

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For about 2 months now I've been noticing some Insteon system / network issues - sometimes, the exterior lights won't come on in the...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

House Freeze Alarm / Furnace Failure Alarm / Pipe Freeze Alert

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This is another feature that can be added to an Insteon / Universal Devices ISY994i system - a freeze alert to warn of a furnace failure, to...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Controlling an Electric Hot Water Heater with an Insteon EZIO4O Four Output Relay and Contactors

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The electrical system in our present house is somewhat out of the ordinary - 400 Amp services, three separate 200A breaker panels, a whole h...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

Lennox Elite Series Thermostat Settings Optimization for Air Source Heat Pump Energy Efficiency

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My new house came equipped with a Lennox X4147 Elite Series thermostat - a fairly high end touchscreen unit that can control up to three sta...
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Saturday, November 8, 2014

One week living with the new Evergreen IM Furnace Fan Blower Motor

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It's been one week now since I installed the Evergreen IM furnace fan blower motor . In a word - Awesome. I am amazed at how quietly the...
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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Upgrading to an Evergreen IM Electronically Commutated Furnace Fan Motor

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This weekend's project was an energy efficiency project - upgrading the furnace fan motor in my 20 year old Lennox fan coil furnace (the...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Getting Good Quality Electrical Connections with the Insteon 2477S Switchlinc On/Off Relay and Keypads

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Now that Smarthome has upgraded the rating of its Switchlinc Relays and Keypads to 15A current capacity, the size of the leads have increase...

Using DIN Rail Mount Terminal Blocks for Low Voltage and Line Voltage Wiring Projects

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A colleague of mine with experience in automation put me on to the Phoenix contacts screw terminal blocks. These are modular, and clip onto ...

Using the Brother PTouch Labeller - Label the date on your new Smoke Detector Batteries

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This will be a pretty short post - over the past few years I've gotten into the habit of putting the date on any batteries that I replac...