Sunday, January 25, 2015

Installing a 12V Battery Trickle Charger in the BMW E60 / E61 5 Series - Trunk Mount at Battery

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Last weekend I did a winter maintenance hat trick on my 2010 BMW 535xi Touring. I installed an oil pan heating pad , a battery warming blank...

Installing a Temro Battery Warming Blanket in a 2010 E60 / E61 5 Series

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In most BMWs, you'll find the battery in the trunk of the car. In the 2010 535xi Touring, it's on the right hand side of the t...

Installing a Polar Pad Engine Oil Pan Heater on a 2010 E61 BMW 5 Series

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I was pretty surprised when I learned there is no block heater option on the E60 / E61 BMW 5 Series - these engines use a wide temperature r...
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Cold Weather Heat / Ventilation Problems in a 2010 BMW 5 Series - Battery Charging, Engine and Battery Heating

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For the past two winters, on extremely cold days -20C / -5F or below, on my morning commute I'll have problems getting heat out of the v...
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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