Re: Simple home automation setup

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Andy Simms" <sim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx says...
> >When you say "variable time" what exactly are you thinking off?  Do you
want
> >to have them come at different times to avoid looking mechanically timed
or
> >are you concerned with the common problem of summer lites working from a
> >winter time schedule and vice-versa?
>
> Both, actually.  As a follow-up, I looked into using X10 equipment, but
stumbled upon a timer at
> Home Depot that suits my needs perfectly.  It's an Intermatic EJ500
wall-switch timer
> (http://www.intermatic.com/images/instruction_sheets/158ej11853.pdf) that
automatically adjusts
> for changes in sunrise/sunset and can be programmed separately for each
day of the week.
>
> For $30CDN, I think this was the simplest way to put the lights on a
dusk-to-1am schedule.

I'd have to agree, particularly if you didn't have any other use for X-10
technology in the house.  Wall switch timers sure have come a long way since
the last time I looked at one!  Thanks for the follow-up lettting us know
how you solved the problem.

--
Bobby G.