Desert Home

I live in the Arizona Desert, Southwestern USA. It gets hot here, and my power bills got out of hand. This is a journal of my various efforts to bring this problem under control using the cheapest technology I could find. Saving money shouldn't cost a fortune.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

This is so Cool

I went a little nuts on the whole house monitor. This seems like the ultimate place to collect and analyze data. With a dedicated computer...

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Started my whole house monitor

While I'm waiting for parts to come in I started on my monitor for the whole house. This is where I'll incorporate all the controls...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

New Swimming Pool Pump

The pump I mentioned before is installed and working. After trying to research every energy efficient pump out there I decided on the Haywa...

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Cold Weather

Fine, after all the planning and testing, the weather snapped cold. I know it isn't as cold as the Central and Eastern states, but it g...

Saturday, January 29, 2011

House Clock

Naturally, when you depend on the internet, it fails. I now have a satellite based clock to sync the house for the various controls instead...

Friday, January 14, 2011

Thermostat Installed

Got remaining parts in and actually installed the thermostat. It is working great and can actually be controlled over the network in my hou...

Monday, December 13, 2010

Super Thermostat

I finally got far enough along on my thermostat work to start writing about it. Currently it is in test mode setting on my dinner table. I...

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