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What wireless temperature monitoring systems should I look into?
I'd like to monitor and log temperature on few locations in my home. Wireless monitoring with normal consumer batteries etc would be preferable for the sensors. I have an Mac OSX server running at my ...
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Where can I find a temperature sensor that tweets?
I'd like to hook up temperature sensors in my house to remotely monitor pipes during winter. Ideally, I'd like the sensors to upload information via wireless, e.g. in the form of a Tweet or an email. ...
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How to find LED Christmas lights that look more like traditional incandescent bulbs?
We just bought some LED Christmas lights that are labeled 'warm white', but when we hook them up they look ugly in the light they emit and seem very blue in their color to me. The specific kind I got ...
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What are the pros and cons of LED vs CFL vs incandescent bulbs for outdoor lighting?
I'm planning to install some light on my balcony and was just wondering what would be the best choice of lamp.
I live in a relatively cold climate, and the current temperature at night is around ...
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Why does flushing a toilet or running a clothes washer sometimes change shower temperature?
Admittedly, this isn't something that is happening to me but I'm curious: I've heard that in some houses, flushing toilets or running a clothes washer sometimes changes the water temperature for ...
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Why won't my shower's temperature handle let the water get hot enough?
Whenever I go to take a shower, I have to turn the handle to the absolute hottest setting just to avoid freezing. I know the hot water works in my house, so that's not the issue. It just seems like I ...
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What kind of material can I use to cover a window to keep the cold out?
I have a small window in my bathroom that is high up near the ceiling. It's pretty useless, but since the bathroom is always really cold I think it is letting cold air in. I'd like to prove this ...
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Natural ways to keep the ceiling cool during summer
I live in the single floor independent house in South India with the ceiling exposed to sun. In summer it gets really hot.
I am not an expert but was wondering if there is a traditional/natural way ...
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How do I install a jump duct?
Our master bedroom is considerably warmer than the living/dining/kitchen area of our house, and we've been setting the thermostat quite lower than we'd like in order for the bedroom to get cool enough ...
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Why isn't there hot water in the shower, when there is hot water in the rest of the condo?
I moved into a condo two days ago, and found that while the rest of the plumbing in the house has hot water, the shower when turned to hot just has a cool trickle emanating from the tap. The cold ...
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How can I stop my shower turning too hot and too cold?
There's something wrong with the plumbing, because the shower temperature simply will not stay constant. It gradually changes to either scalding hot, or freezing cold while it's running.
The ...
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Is there a way to make a thermostat based heating system more accurate through either adding probes or hacking?
In my Brooklyn apartment, heated via steam radiator, my thermostat is in the unheated hallway between all the rooms. The temperature it reads is often different, than both the rooms with heaters and ...
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How do I lower the temperature of an electric boiler in France/Europe?
My electric boiler is delivering VERY hot water: my hands are often burned when I forget to mix it with normal-tempered water.
Do you think there is a way I can make the boiler heating the water ...
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How does the temperature sensor work in an attic fan?
I have an attic fan that should turn on by the temperature that is set. It is pretty hot today (Southern California) so I expected it to be on.
So far I have not seen it turn on and I just reduce ...
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Why does my fluorescent lighting only work when it's not hot outside?
We have fluorescent lights in our kitchen and when it's over 75°F outside the lights turn on real dim like there might be a problem with the ballasts, but when the outside temperature drops the ...
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Why does my oven temperature keep rising?
I have an old gas oven that is having a temperature problem. When it's turned on, the temperature keeps rising and rising, not stopping at the set temperature. It gets up to 500+ degrees.
This ...
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Why won't my shower fully heat up?
I have a thermostatic shower, but I can only get it to be luke warm. The aquastat is set at 60, boiler at 165. The tap water in wash hand basin beside shower is very warm. I have taken the cover off ...
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Is there a special low temperature thermostat?
I have a gas ceiling mounted furnace for my garage.
I want to set my garage at 35-40° F (1-4° C).
Is there a special thermostat to control furnace at that low temp? (I've seen one works as low as ...
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How do I get even temperatures in my two-story house?
There is only one A/C system in the house. I noticed there is at least several degrees difference between the two stories.
How do I get both stories to have the same temperature?
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Can poly plastic water storage tank be used to store hot water?
Another set of questions in context of my home-brew solar water heater:
Can poly-plastic water storage tanks, be used to store hot water (140deg F / 60deg C) ?
How can I thermally insulate a 50 ...
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What are good Relative Humidity and Temperature settings on an MHRV and are the settings related?
I need to configure the threshold Relative Humidity and Temperature settings on an whole house MHRV system.
The way the system works is that if the RH threshold is exceeded the system increases the ...
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Why will my fluorescent light not come on when it is warm in the room?
My fluorescent light will not come on when the temperature in room is above 70 °F. When it is below 70 °F it works fine and comes on every time. When it is above 70 °F, it will not come on at first, ...
