DIY Security: What did you do today?

[rbeau30]

Okay I have a Liftmaster Garage door opener with the "Learn" button. Apparently Liftmaster/Chamberlain/Genie are all the same company, just different divisions.

This is the ones I bought.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I know there is a "universal" one by Chamberlain... I think the "clicker" line? correct me if I am wrong, that is more universal than the one I linked to above.

Attachment 43779<-------Here is a pic of the ones I picked up for my system.

EDIT: Here is the universal one. http://www.amazon.com/Chamberlain-KL...ywords=clicker

[Irving]

Thank you! This is on the list. Having only one clicker sucks.

[rbeau30]

Thank you! This is on the list. Having only one clicker sucks.

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Yeah, and what is one more key fob on the keychain right?

[Irving]

No fobs on my key chain, so I've got room.

[Gman]

Key fob garage door opener+car smart key+assorted keys...sheesh. No room for pocket pool.

[Great-Kazoo]

There's a firefighter here who recommends AGAINST doing that. Neighbors house burns, bushes catch, heat pops your window, your house burns.

Yes there is and i disagree with him. Is it a fire hazard, of course, so is anything with a low flash point.

Realistically your neighbor's house goes up in flames, a bush isn't going to matter when temps hit 1100*. Look at apt fires and how then jump to other apt's via the roof or upper level. If you're worried about a bush and potential for fire hazard, do not store gas cans or propane on your property. If the neighbors house catches fire, who knows what could happen. Might as well keep your car down the street instead of the attached garage

Besides, what the hell is insurance coverage for ?

Fixed. And nope. Actually thorny shrubs and trees make a great security barrier. With the right plants that is. Helps keep the neighbor kids out of your yard to.

Any bush is a crime deterrent, be it neighborhood kids or neighbor Hoods.

[rbeau30]

I just got this in the mail yesterday from Amazon: Leviton VPT24-1PZ Vizia 24-Hour Programmable Indoor Timer with Astronomical Clock


I wanted to get one because I have 4 "porch light" zones (garage, front porch, back porch, and back door to garage), and even though I have all LED bulbs in them I don't want them on all day.

Reading about them, I am able to set 3 events 7 days a week, for them to turn on and off. The switches also have a "random" mode within the "pro-Mode" that will do a +- 20 minute on-off on the times you set to give an illusion of not being set on a timer.

There were a few bad reviews on them so I decided to try one out to see if it works for a while before buying 3 more for my other porch lights. If it doesn't work at least I only wasted 35 bucks.

It was pretty easy to install, It does take up a fair amount of room in the outlet box. You can wire it up for single pole or 3-way. Instructions were a little overwhelming at first, but I was able to program one standard event out of the 3 in a couple minutes. We will run it for a few onths and see how it does.

[Grant H.]

Swapped an old wood door in my garage for a steel door.

Used overkill tying it into the rest of the framing. The metal of the door will give way before the frame comes loose from the house.

Just ordered LED flood lights for a few corners of my house. Pair them with a motion sensor relay, and you have an inexpensive motion flood light that doesn't burn a lot of electricity...

[lex137]

Built a pack and play for my first unborn with the wife's input (have to start reading the directions).

[Holger Danske]

I put a wireless (wifi) camera in the barn.It is a fixed mount Foscam color with IR LEDS. I had to order a better antenna since the little pencil sized antenna that came with it could not get a signal 200 feet from the house. We will use this to check on the goat when they get ready to kid. The setup works great and Im thinking of getting a couple more for the house. Here is what I ordered

camera http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

camera mount http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

high gain antenna http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The camera can run POE, but I have it set up with the included power cord in wifi mode. Out of the box you plug the camera into the router and program all the setting including wireless. Next you can unplug it from the router and mount it where you want wirelessly. Camera access is via browser or an app. Also, if you want to access tbe camera while away from home then you need to open a port on your modem and configure the camera with the port. I set the camera with a fixed IP address which is used at home when we are behind the modem. I setvthe wife up with the free android foscam viewer and made two camera entries on for home and one for away from home. The away from home entry uses the IP from my provider plus the port I assigned the camera.

i spent about a half day fiddling with this to get it working, but really like it.