Do you have part list you used you can share?
You mentioned Zwave. What else?


Tushar


> On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> My house used to run purely on Control4 system .. professionally installed 
> and quite expensive.  I got sick of $125 service calls for rather simple 
> stuff to be done and decided to replace it with a DYI system…. The Control4 
> system with labour and service calls etc set me back around $25k in total.
>  
> Right now with the DYI system I have probably $4k invested plus my time … at 
> most.  Zero monthly subscription, zero headaches …. And no service calls.
>  
> The one part though that I think a lot of folks overlook (as I did) is 
> working with electrical in your house … I replaced outlets and switches for 
> example and the zwave stuff I used is much deeper than normal switches – I 
> wish now that I had just hired an electrician to mess around with that stuff 
> in particular as it’s not something I do every day kind of thing ….
>  
> I know someone in my area that does home automation for a living … done it 
> for years.  He is very busy … his main clients are folks who have cottages 
> and wish to remotely control/monitor their properties especially during times 
> they are not visiting it very much …  
>  
> Paul
>  
>  
>  
> From: Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe Novak <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
>  
> https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/
>  
> Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I am 
> considering setting up a system at home. https://home-assistant.io/ is the 
> software I'd like to use to run it.
>  
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's what I was wondering.  I look at the stuff Lowe's and wonder how many 
> people have the knowledge to set it all up but I have zero knowledge in the 
> products.  Maybe it's time to automate my thermostat.
>  
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would think the only 
> money would be in the very high end stuff. Things you probably have to focus 
> as a sole business.
>  
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there any real money to be made in home automation?  Any recurring 
> revenue?  How about headaches and problems?
>  
>  

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