RE: SWMBO and HA

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a HA compliant SWMBO... - RESULT!!!

:-)

Paul G.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
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> ianh1000
> Sent: 03 February 2007 21:08
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] SWMBO and HA
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> Hi All.
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> What has your experience been with acceptance of HA at home?
> I have dabbled for a few years now with X10 and various multimedia
> features, we even use a Kiosk PC in the kitchen for recipies etc.
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> I am currently starting to commission various features with a second
> user Comfort system. I Think it is all great but I am struggling with
> SWMBO.
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> I guess the first problem was leaving the mother in law's phone
> number as the first dial out. It was three days before she told me my
> alarm had been calling her about some "trouble or other"
every 30
> min, for days! I had not installed it yet, it was under my desk!
> things could get worse! If she failed to call even me never min the
> police I gues this feature has limited value!
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> Also she is less than impressed that the house looks like a Swiss
> cheese, I have dry lined walls and I promised it was easy to hide the
> odd CAT5 cable but I have made quite a mess in some places :-)
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> I guess my main problem is trying to do things myself as this is more
> a hobby than anything else at the moment, trying to produce a decent
> result in a few spare hours a week is difficult with a young family
> always asking for time.
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> Also looking further ahead I think that my home HA will be thinking
> more of Turing off appliances that are not being used than any other
> form of intelligence! What got me started in the first place was the
> fact that SWMBO could not understand that a light switch can be
> turned off as well as on! That brings me to the ultimate in HA
> facilities, has anyone designed a SWMBO feedback traffic light ( for
> what ever purpose) that gives a clear green/amber/red feedback
> solution. This would be worth its weight in gold! :-)
>
> Regards
> Ian
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