Starting from scratch new build

[Dale McSwain]

Greetings,

We will be building a new home in the spring and
acting as the general contractor.

I'm looking for ideas for home automation. X-10
seems to be the most common type of technology
used. I've seen a few negatives concerning their
controllers. What other gotcha's are out there for
x-10?

Can someone recommend more sites like http://www.wildtracks.cihost.com/homewire/default.htm?

If you started from scratch what would you use?

My driveway will be 1000' long with no power at the
road. Are there any affordable solar powered technologies to alert
when someone enters the driveway?


Thanks,
JD

[Nick Hull]

In article <cud7ib$loi@netnews.proxy.lucent.com>,
Dale McSwain <jmcswain@lucent.com> wrote:

> My driveway will be 1000' long with no power at the
> road. Are there any affordable solar powered technologies to alert
> when someone enters the driveway?

My driveway is longer than that although line of sight is only 700', and
I HIGHLY recommend you run an underground 110vac power line as well as
at least 3 (4-wire) phone cables.

For driveway alert I use a single wire and a gas station hose (bell
hose) that goes ding-ding when someone drives in.

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