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Relax and Lose Yourself in the Music

February 20, 2008 Leave a comment

Memory Foam MP3 Blackout Shades

Plug in your MP3, iPod, or Zune, wrap yourself in silky soft darkness and comfort, and lose yourself in relaxation at home, at work, or while traveling. Made with memory foam to conform to your individual face shape.

  • Speakers Built In
  • Super Soft Memory Foam
  • Complete Blackout Shades
  • Works with iPod, MP3, or Zune
  • Price: $24.99

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Categories: New Products, Smarthome

Let the Robot Vacuum Your Floors

February 20, 2008 Leave a comment

V-bot Robotic Vaccuum

Bring the future of cleaning into your home with the automated V-Bot Robotic Vacuum. Using its smart programming to navigate on its own, the V-Bot gets in and out of the tightest places to clean all your floors.

Use it to vacuum your carpet or attach the included electrostatic paper to the bottom to sweep your tile, linoleum, and wood floors. Built-in smart technology automatically chooses one of three preprogrammed patterns: Random mode for tight spaces, Spiral mode for large open areas and an Along the Wall mode for room perimeters.

Plug in the AC adapter to charge the long-life rechargeable batteries for extended operation. Blinking function lights on the front display battery levels during charging and sweeping. Internal dust bin captures dust and dirt for easy disposal.

  • Cleans wood, tile, linoleum, and carpets independently
  • Detects and automatically avoids stairs
  • Smart enough to get out of corners and tight places
  • Whisper-quiet while operating
  • Rechargeable batteries included
  • Price: $99.99

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Categories: New Products, Smarthome

Stop Grease, Wood and Electrical Fires with this Compact Extinguisher

February 19, 2008 Leave a comment

Compact Fire Extinguisher in a Can

The Compact Fire Extinguishing Spray is the perfect home safety and fire suppression tool. Place one in each room of your house, and in each vehicle you own. This 14 ounce can lasts 4 times longer than traditional fire extinguishers. Use this extinguisher for grease, fabric, wood and electrical fires. Simply point the nozzle at the base of the fire, and spray.

  • Sprays 4 times longer than traditional fire extinguishers
  • Ideal for the garage, office, vehicle, campground or any room of house
  • Easy to use – simply point and spray
  • Pressurized for immediate use – no need to shake
  • Price: $34.99

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Categories: New Products, Smarthome

INSTEON 3-Way Tip

February 16, 2008 1 comment

What good is it to be called SH Tipster if I don’t give you any tips?  I mean really that makes my name self defeating.  SO I asked my good friends over in Product support, what is a call you get so often that I can solve it here, for them, for you (that makes sense right?)  So here is my description of an INSTEON 3 way, and how to link them.

First you have 2 locations that need to turn on and off the light in two locations.  In one location there should be power and in the other the load wire.  Use a volt meter to make the determination of which wires are which.

If you do not have power in both locations, use one of the traveler wires to “float” the power to the other location.  The first switch needs to be connected to Hot, Neutral, load, and ground.  Get that switch to turn on and off, if that works moved to the second switch.

The second switch needs to be connected to Hot, Neutral, and Ground.  CAP THE LOAD WIRE on the switch.  It isn’t needed.  Cap the unused traveler wire.  Turn power back on and make sure the LED(s) on the switch are going up ad down (or on ICON modules LED goes on and off.)

We have to l ink these two switches together.  It’s a piece of cake, and should take about a minute.  Go to the first switch (I don’t care which one is first, label them as A and B, and I will refer to them as such.)

Go to Switch A and press and hold the paddle into the on position for 10 seconds.  The LED(s) will begin to blink.  Next go to switch B and press and hold the paddle in the on position for 10 seconds, the LED should flash but not blink.  Verify that switch A LED in not blinking, this will tell us that the link took.

Take a breath; we are going to the second half

Go to Switch B and press and hold the paddle into the on position for 10 seconds.  The LED(s) will begin to blink.  Next go to switch A and press and hold the paddle in the on position for 10 seconds, the LED should flash but not blink.  Verify that switch A LED in not blinking, this will tell us that the link took.

And that’s it.

 3 way linking

Questions?  Class Dismissed

 

And that’s the way I see it.

 

 

INSTEON-Compatible Dimmer Switch

February 16, 2008 Leave a comment

ICON Dimmer Switch (Amber LED)

ICON Dimmer Switch — The Economic Full-Featured, Remote-Controllable Dimmer

Make your home the envy of your friends and neighbors with the cool and easy-to-use ICON Dimmer Switch. ICON Dimmer Switches make it extremely affordable to replace every switch in your house with an INSTEON-compatible dimmer switch. Setting up your entire home with customized lighting control is easy. From pressing the paddle directly to dim the lights to having all of your lights turn off with the press of a single button, this dimmer can do it all. The ICON Dimmer Switch has 32 brightness levels, which makes setting your lights to the perfect intensity very easy. This dimmer switch can control incandescent bulbs, low-voltage halogen (e.g. track), and other low-voltage lights with magnetic or dimmable electronic transformers. If you need to control a fluorescent light fixture or a non-dimmable appliance, try the ICON On/Off Switch.

  • Similar features to our SwitchLinc V2 Dimmer (#2476d) for a lower price
  • Control lights remotely, turning them on and off and adjusting brightness levels
  • Create whole-house lighting design scenes in minutes
  • Easy-to-install dimmer uses INSTEON (patent pending) technology for superior performance and reliability
  • Price: $39.99

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