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So replaced the two old ugly X10 appliance light switches in my bedroom and installed a new Fibaro FGS-222 Z-Wave enabled relay module inside a 47mm dry-line back box along with a standard double switch for local control. Pain in the *** to get it all in the back box and get the switch screwed...

I have a lot of X10 gear laying around from over the years that I am going to try and sell as it is becoming to slow and unreliable for me. Simply put, a big-ish 4 bedroom house and lots of electronic noise on the power line from various devices including LED light bulbs means that X10 will not...

So I am in the process of getting one of the rooms in my house re-plasterd after it had damp remedial work done to it. Today I took down the existing light fitting that was in the room (was a wooden based 3 x ses swivel light with 3 x 5w SES LED candle bulbs) and I replaced it with a normal BC...

Just thought I would share my rather niche and oddball project making use of a large area in my home coupled with my home automation components along with my knowledge of web development. What I effectively have done is allowed people all over the world to to control my very own Christmas...

Just a few photos of the electrical setup for my interactive Christmas Grotto (aka GrottoTree) for this year. 251 Watts in total across 11 devices, so nothing to worry about really. All X10 Automation based. Photo 1 of 4: PC CM11 Interface And Two X10 Filters by eveares posted 27 Nov 2015 at...