RE: Sensor

[Williams Christopher C <CCWILLIAMS@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I believe that HV has a sensor to detect a video signal coming from a TV
or VCR to determine if it is switched on.  Not sure if this could be
made to work with Comfort?

Cheers,

Chris Williams

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Gordon [SMTP:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Friday, August 04, 2000 10:48 AM
> To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: [ukha_d] Sensor
>
> To be honest, I think I'll give up on it and put the sensor on my
> freezer
> instead, which is actually a bit more usefull when you think about
> it!!
>
> When it actually becomes important for Comfort to know the TV status,
> I'll
> think about some other method of getting that info into the HA system.
> To be
> honest, right now I wouldn't use that information anyway.
>
> Paul G.
>
> >Shame- only bodge that might work would be to split the live wire
> into 2
> >cables similarly sized, and pass one through the coil with the
other
> round
> >the outside- it would be a bit hit-or-miss but if you put a longer
> wire
> >through the coil (higher resistance, less current) and shorten it
to
> suit
> >(gradually increasing the current through the coil), you might
manage
> to
> >get it working reliably.
> >
> >Live- terminal block- 1m piece of wire, same size as live
conductor
> >                              \
> >                                 short bypass wire, same size as
live
>
> >conductor
> >
> >Nigel
> >
>
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