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Re: [ECS] "DOS based " Dan Carrington Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:22:29 -0800

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Do remember, a wife asked about the project will feel less reluctance to
the automation.  Unfortunately, they usually don't understand the money
expense.  Just remember other things that can be made in the future. 
Automatic yard watering and even better, automatic garden watering. 
Later you can add a weather interface and then it will take into effect
the rain fall and dryness.  Automatic drapes when it gets dark.  Use an
X10 box on the vacuum and it will turn off when a phone call comes in. 
Lots of useful things.


Dan




"Bass, Bill" wrote:
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> Dan Carrington wrote:
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> > I would have to say, the spousal resistance factor would vary
> > with the person and the automation.  My wife loves our automated
> > house.
> 
> (and much more good stuff!)
> 
> Thanks Dan!
> 
> These all sound like ver promising developments for the future in
> my home.  The whole HA thing is very new to my wife (about 6 weeks
> since I automated the first light), and she is very much a
> "technophobe".  I only got away with the first lamp, because the
> switch had broken, and I used the excuse that the quickest way I
> could fix it was to remove the switch and use an x10 module to
> turn it on and off.  Little by little she is softening.  The more
> I do that reduces complexity for her, the better it gets.
> 
> Thanks for the encouragement.
> 
> Bill Bass

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