Hi All, Saw this advertised and thought it might interest some of you. BBC1 WEDNESDAY 19:30 DREAMHOUSE (1 of 6) Series in which Carol Vorderman sets out to...
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Nigel Orr
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Jan 6, 1999 9:45 am
... I've been puzzling about these a little- I'm assuming the problem with standard X-10 switches is that they need a Neutral connection, and normal ...
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Stuart Johnson
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Jan 6, 1999 12:54 pm
... Nice idea, but in my house, the only ceiling lights that I would want to dim don't have standard ceiling fittings (e.g Spot lights). Stuart. ... eGroup...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Jan 6, 1999 1:58 pm
... And I guess I'm right in thinking that the average HA person won't want to lift a loose floorboard to wire into the junction box that will be there? OK,...
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Keith Doxey
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Jan 6, 1999 2:08 pm
... Hi Nigel, Yes you are missing something :-)) During the 70's when the price of copper went through the roof there was a breif spell when lighting circuits...
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Mark McCall
Mark@...
Jan 6, 1999 2:15 pm
Hi All Got word from Peter Down that URL for UKHA was in a recent magazine article. Turns out there is a small 3 page piece on Home Automation in the current...
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Stuart Johnson
sjohnson@...
Jan 6, 1999 6:47 pm
... there? ... And there was me thinking that the advantage of X10 was to prevent me from having to pull up floorboards. ;-) Heck, if I had to do that above my...
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Andy Powell
andy@...
Jan 6, 1999 7:21 pm
I've been using 3 of these units for about a month now.. I had to di a little fiddle to convert a 2-way switch to single but they are great particularly if you...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Jan 7, 1999 3:12 pm
... It is recommended that houses are rewired every 20-25 years, so anyone with 70's wiring should probably be thinking of a rewire... ... But it is...
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Keith Doxey
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Jan 7, 1999 3:20 pm
... I think that a lot of 70's houses will have had fairly major rewiring or additional wiring anyway. The bungalow we lived in that was wired like that only...
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Harrison, Mark (Allia...
Mark.Harrison@...
Jan 7, 1999 3:35 pm
Nigel, You're not alone in being uncomfortable about X-10 in this mailing list. We had a thread a few months back about "alternative" ways of controlling...
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Nigel Orr
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Jan 7, 1999 4:28 pm
... That's reassuring ;-) ... And I thought having the wrong colour of walls was bad... trying hard to imagine a 'non-working floor... ... That's what I'm...
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Eddie McDowell
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Jan 13, 1999 10:19 pm
Hi, I've just received my Wall switch\dimmers and have installed a couple which work perfectly so I'm just looking for a little reassurance here - they are ...
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Keith Doxey
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Jan 14, 1999 8:32 am
... Hi Eddie, In a perfect world they should be totally silent..... but this is not a perfect world and in reality nearly ALL dimmers whether X10 or normal...
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Rick Hughes
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Jan 14, 1999 10:11 am
I watched with bemused interest the Carol Vorderman show ( dream house ? ) last night. It is a bit like the Tomorrow's World approach - only a condescending ...
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Rick Hughes
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Jan 17, 1999 9:38 pm
I watched with bemused interest the Carol Vorderman show ( dream house ? ) last night. It was a bit like the Tomorrow's World approach - only a condescending ...
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pgdown@...
Jan 22, 1999 8:56 pm
Being new to the subject but needing to design a system for a new house in a hurry, does anyone know of a list of UK suppliers of 'ha' equipment. Also useful...
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Andy Powell
andy@...
Jan 26, 1999 12:23 am
Hi, I've just placed my order for a Pronto remote control from www.prontoedit.com - there's a little extra news the Pronto now comes with a serial cable and at...
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Mark McCall
mark@...
Jan 26, 1999 9:43 am
The Pronto looks great Andy. I know Mike Huggins is after one but he was having trouble finding even a US company with stock. Have these folks actually got...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Jan 26, 1999 10:39 am
... I thought it looked great too, until I saw the price... $400 for the remote itself- no mention of UK charges. I think it will have to wait... On a similar...
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Mark McCall
mark@...
Jan 26, 1999 11:25 am
... £250 is about 10 times cheaper than the only other remote I know that does this stuff and that's the Lexicon. OK, it's not quite the same but damn near...
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Nigel Orr
nigel.orr@...
Jan 26, 1999 11:34 am
... What about the sony and harman ones on the site you mentioned before- the Sony is certainly in the right price range... ... I think it's a Cambridge Audio...
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Kieran Broadfoot
Kieran.Broadfoot@...
Jan 26, 1999 11:37 am
Nigel, The Cambridge Audio remote has a slightly different case to the Remote Angel but the touch panel/functionality is exactly the same. Depends on whether...
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Mark McCall
mark@...
Jan 26, 1999 12:06 pm
... They don't have the ability to design your own graphical screens or dock into a charger. ... Yep...that's the Rmote Angel. Looks great until you use it. I...
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Henk van Hulst
Henk.vanHulst@...
Jan 26, 1999 12:06 pm
Re: X10 in the rest of the world ... Although X10 outside the USA is growing - at least the availability , my opinion is that the traditional X10 technology...
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Alex Goodyear
agood@...
Jan 26, 1999 12:10 pm
Hi All Why not use a PalmPilot, it is infinitly more configurable than any of the dedicated remotes that you have mentioned and is half the price. The Palm III...
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Alex Goodyear
agood@...
Jan 26, 1999 2:25 pm
Hi All, I want to use my TV screen as a PC monitor using one of the video cards with a TV out option. I want the normal aerial and the PC connected at the same...
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Paul Miller
pmiller@...
Jan 26, 1999 2:34 pm
You could put in to a composite or scart AV socket on your TV if it has a spare one, then you just select the AV channel on your TV (better quality than UHF...
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Paul Miller
pmiller@...
Jan 26, 1999 2:37 pm
Is there a site that offers information on the European RF units you are talking about?? Paul ... From: Henk van Hulst [mailto:Henk.vanHulst@...] Sent:...
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Harrison, Mark (Allia...
Mark.Harrison@...
Jan 26, 1999 2:38 pm
Guys, I want to do the opposite to Paul Miller, and display TV/teletext onto my PC. Does anyone have any recommendations as to which of the boxes are best? And...
