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...
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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...