Quote Originally Posted by 1460sun
I was looking at the smarthome stuff last night. Pretty cool stuff ...
Careful, from my experience the X10 stuff is flakey. For controlling a light or two (maybe 6-8 units) it is fine, but whole house automation requires some serious investigation & installation. Command signals are injected onto your 110v house current at low amplitudes. All the electrical noise in a typical home (and esp. one with a reef: Fluorescent & MH ballasts) really messes up the X10 reliability.