Re: Newbie

["mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Richard Sillitto <richard@s...> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Yep, I'm a newbie to home automation, but have been considering
doing
> it for a while. I'm about to move house, and so am seizing the
> opportunity to have a go at some home automation.

Welcome.

> First very open question (!) : What would be a good thing to get
> things going - ie what should I try to automate first?

Easy to answer - automate some lights. Get a few nice lighting states
for things like "watching movie", "reading book", and
"hoovering",
available at the press of a button.

> Second, hopefully more specific question: I have a fish tank that I
> am keen to integrate with a home automation system -
> if nothing more than controlling the light above the tank. Does
> anyone else here have  experience of automating a fish tank?
> If so, how far did you go?

There was a discussion on this subject about a year ago, following a
similar question by Stuart Poulton.

If you search for "aquarium" at www.ukha-archive.com you can read
the
thread from there far better than by searching on Yahoo!

Regards,

Mark