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It's normal for high volume builders to have a predetermined list of trades and not allow anyone else to work on their homes. That includes the buyer.

All I really work on is full systems in...

Yes that is 100% normal, I wouldn't recommend using them.

Best case scenario: Run a wire.

Option B: Get a couple quality matching WAPs that can can go into bridge mode, set one as a WAP and...

Wow. I thought i'd check in after being away for a couple years and see this thread on the first page. Thanks for the recommendation rage2 :)

I'm a Control4 dealer and do larger whole home...

I have lots, you can have a couple if you want but you have to pick them up in the deep south east.

Make sure you have a common wire to the t-stat location, regular t-stats dont need one but anything that has wifi or zigbee capabilities will because it draws more power. For new builds I always...

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Assuming it's not a loose neutral it could be a problem with inrush current. LED/CFL have way higher inrush current than incandescent bulbs. Are all 16 bulbs on...

You switch to your primary gun and shoot them in the part you ripped open. Damage done to the internals bypasses any shield the titan may have.

Lol, if you guys want to do that in the choppers, just come play with me. I pilot with 2 friends as engineers, both of them bring anti air or anti-tank heat seekers and we just destroy.

If...

Hopefully your builder ran ethernet cables in addition to the coax.

Run HDMI and a couple of CAT6 cables from where you want your devices to your TV. You can either use a switch or receiver for the HDMI switching. The CAT6 cables can be used for internet to the TV,...

Awesome, glad to see it's changed since I looked into it last. I see people have now also figured out how to do the same thing with their Zyxel router/modems too. Can't wait to try it out, I hope...

If you have Telus TV and have their all-in-one box, they claim it will not work on their network in bridge mode. The only resolution, which literally took my years to find someone at Telus that was...

Control4

http://www.control4.com/products/interfaces

I can use my remote controls, touch panels, iphone or ipad to control XBMC. Communication for the remote controls is via Zigbee, the touch...

Philips Hue:

http://store.apple.com/ca/product/HA779VC/A/philips-hue-connected-bulb-starter-pack

Or you can replaces the switches with dimmers that have radios in them, when combined with a...

lol, I think 90% of beyond lives in the NW. Glad you got it going, if you lived a little closer I was going to offer to help you out since I have all the tools and do this stuff for a living.

To be honest, I barely even use Cat5e anymore - phone lines, touch panels, sometimes IP Cameras. Everything else like TV, video connections, HDMI or HDBaseT baluns, etc uses either regular UTP Cat6...

Wired > Wireless.

It's more reliable, secure, and 9/10 times, faster. It can also be used for many things other than an internet connection, you can extend HDMI over ethernet, extend IR over...

Check the white wire and see if it's a speaker wire, like the one in the above pic, or if it's an ethernet wire (like what was used for your phones in the very first pic).

If you're in the deep...

what area are you in smc?

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A real home automation system will cost you between $20-$75/foot of developed space depending on what you want to do. This could include pre-wire, equipment racks, home network, battery backup,...

lol, why? I hope he wins, but I wouldn't be putting money on him.

Can't really tell from that pic, can you take a better one? or a couple of them at some different angles?

Are the speakers already installed?

I can help - but those aren't speaker wires. Those are ethernet wires used for your land line phone, looks like you have five live phone connections throughout your home. The speaker wires will be...

Yep - Hendricks VS Lawler in mid March for the title GSP just vacated. Condit will most likely fight on the same card.

How much were you expecting to pay for that? You can't be serious about wanting to get that done for 1/4 the price, are you? No one is going to pull those for $112.50 including parts and labour.

Western Digital Sentinel NAS running RAID with dual power supplies and ethernet connections with cloud backup of all my important files. It's plugged into a Panamax MB1500 battery backup system that...

LOL, glad to hear it's not just me that runs into that. I deal with the exact same reaction on cameras, security, home automation, home networks, distributed audio, etc...

I'm pretty much numb to...

lol, I love the "Performance: Good Enough Performance"

Since this comes up often, here's a diagram of what I consider a proper home network. There's lots of other little details to consider, but I just quickly put it together while I'm on the phone...

Hmmmm... I did a little more digging and heard that monoprice and xbox one and both "working" on extension cables with no ETA. Also, it's USB 3.0 with three additional cables that are kinect...

Can anyone with an original Xbox 360 kinect tell me if the connection into the console is the same? I have to extend my kinect by 40-50 feet and obviously there's not a lot of info on this yet. ...

Yes - Telus basically re-sells Bell hardware and programming for places where they cannot offer service through a land line. One of my clients in Turner Valley has it.

Did the guy who paid for the server not swap it over to another hosting company after all the problems with the first one? I spent hours getting that server going, but because of all the bugs the...

Restoration hardware in southcentre had tables like that when my wife dragged me through there a few years ago. They were made from old reclaimed barn wood and looked similar to the ones in your...

There is hardcore mode, but there's currently a bug where if you tick off the Hardcore only option when searching for servers, it doesn't show any. You just have to manually find them.

Good luck, I hope it works out for you. It worked the first time we tried, but we just tried again and it didn't :( It sucks having to pay 15k every time you want to try and have a kid.

Talk to an accountant, I have a good one if you need a referral. I know fertility treatment can be put on a health spending account, as my wife and I just went through this and I have my own...

I've used boatloads of the AC66U and am switching to the AC68U now. AAA+ router for home use, I have lots of them running fully automated homes with 30+ IP devices and except for one, they've all...