RE: Energy Saving Offer for Automated Home Readers

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good idea Paul.

Unfortunately X10 in my house is pretty unreliable (even though I have ALL
my lighting X10 controlled). There are numerous dead spots on the ring
mains :(

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Gordon
> Sent: 16 January 2007 14:22
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Energy Saving Offer for Automated Home Readers
>
> Haven't checked out what these things cost, but I've already put
> something very similar in place in my house...
>
> Whenever Comfort is armed I have it send a P16 OFF X10 command.
> Whenever Comfort is disarmed I have it send a P16 ON X10 command.
>
> Around the house I have 4-way strips that are plugged into an X10 AM12
> appliance module, all the modules are set to address P16.
>
> Into these socket strips I plug anything that I'm happy to have turned
> completely OFF rather than in standby, thus whenever the house is
> unoccupied there is little or nothing in standby mode. But when the
> house is occupied all this stuff comes back on so that it still works
> just as conveniently from the remotes...
>
> Currently I've just used whatever socket strips I happen to have lying
> around, however, I am planning to go to B&Q & buy a job lot of
bright
> red ones to make them more distinctive...
>
> Everything to do this (thus far) I already had lying around, so it
> hasn't cost me a brass bean up to now. A half a dozen or so socket
> strips ain't gonna cost a fortune methinks...
>
> Paul G.
>
> PS: I remember once hearing "the greens" claiming that all
the devices
> in the UK that are left on standby all year, use the equivalent
> electricity of one whole new power station....  So I say, then let's
> build exactly 1 whole new power station and shut the **ck up
> complaining!!!
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> > Paul Gale
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:31 PM
> > To: UKHA_D Group
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Energy Saving Offer for Automated Home
Readers
> >
> > I think I'll do that - I've got soooo many devices sitting on the
> desktop
> > either on or in standby - lots of power being used!
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of
> > > Tim Hawes
> > > Sent: 16 January 2007 13:23
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Energy Saving Offer for Automated Home
Readers
> > >
> > > If you don't want to cut the plug off, make yourself a short
> extension
> > > lead with a kettle plug on one end and trailing socket on
the other.
> > >
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
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