Re: Re: Automating curtains...

[ant skelton <ant@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday 19 February 2001 11:40, you wrote:

> I had a read of the article and I admire the ingenuity and effort gone
into
> the curtain automation achievement.
> But it really didn't cost £10, it probably cost 20 times that amount
in
> valuable labour time

Yes, fair point, although it's not exactly work ;)

> spent doing the job, not to mention the
> disgruntled wife/girlfriend who (usually) gets the job of cleaning the
> dining room

Heh. No problem, she's got her own house.

> There is another option available here. You can get the CM80
add-a-motor
> from us for £82 + VAT + P&P inc.

I considered this option, and rejected it based on Chris Thorn's review
(noise primarily), and it doesn't do all the X10 stuff I want, like status
requests.

And of course, there's the admittedly illogical "80 quid!!! I'm not
paying
that! I can make it for less than that!!" ;)

ant
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