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The Aspire RF Garage Door Conversion Module is designed to allow you to use your in-vehicle transmitter with any garage door opener. Simply follow the instructions to connect it to the wired accessory terminal block of your garage door opener, and then finish by following the easy programming steps.

About Aspire RF
ASPIRE RF with Z-Wave technology is a new generation of easy-to-install and easy-to-use wireless RF-based home control technology. With a full array of one-touch controllers and a wide range of wiring devices that can be integrated together, creating a wireless home control network using ASPIRE RF is easy. Best of all, installing an ASPIRE RF wireless system requires no special wiring or rewiring, making it ideal for retrofitting existing homes and for new home construction.

Aspire RF and Z-Wave
The high versatility and dependability of ASPIRE RF is made possible by the use of Z-Wave technology. Z-Wave is a highly versatile and dependable RF-based home control technology that effectively transforms any component into an intelligently networked device that can be controlled and monitored wirelessly. ASPIRE RF products are compatible with any Z-Wave certified device. This interoperability with other manufacturers’ devices provides maximum flexibility and expandability. Each ASPIRE RF unit functions as a repeater, using 908 MHz signals to ensure that every command is carried out. Z-Wave’s ‘mesh network’ offers extremely high performance and greater reliability than many control systems. Read more

Keep your property secure and well-lit, but only when necessary. This Heath / Zenith Dual Brite Security Light is only activated when motion is detected, so you won’t be wasting electricity by leaving the lights on all night. Using motion-activated lighting can save you up to 80% on outdoor lighting costs. With an exclusive patented photocell, this security light ensures lights will only operate at night, so you won’t lights won’t activate in daylight when you won’t use them. A manual override mode allows the lights to function as switch-controlled lights, if desired.

Set the Dual Brite timer to keep the lights on at half-bright for a set period of time after dark, providing a gentle light source for high traffic areas, such as front porches or patios. Lights will go to full-brightness when motion is sensed, then go back to half-brightness.

Use this security light as a crime deterrent to keep would-be intruders and trespassers. CreepZone^™is a patented technology that eliminates dead zones in motion detection areas. Standard motion security lights operate with detection zones away from the light but cannot detect motion directly beneath the light. This security light detects motion directly beneath the light in addition to the left, right, and front zones. Pulse-Count technology reads heat and movement in pulses as opposed to single occurrences to prevent false triggering. Read more

Keep your property secure and well-lit without unsightly floodlight modules. With this lighting control unit, you’ll be able to add motion-activated control to your existing light fixtures. Once installed, your light fixtures will only turn activate when motion is detected, so you won’t be wasting electricity by leaving the lights on all night. Using motion-activated lighting can save you up to 80% on outdoor lighting costs. With an exclusive patented photocell, this security light ensures lights will only operate at night, so you won’t lights won’t activate in daylight when you won’t use them. A manual override mode allows the lights to function as switch-controlled lights, if desired. Read more

Why risk tripping on cords you only plug in temporarily?

The all-in-one ready-to-wire Floor Mount 20 Amp Receptacle Assembly provides quick, easy installation into your wood or commercial carpet floor, so you can install it anywhere in the room. This commercial-grade self-grounding floor box assembly includes a brass plate and screw caps that resist abuse and prevent foreign contaminants from entering the device.

An 18-cubic-inch box and brass cap with satin finish are included, as are all mounting materials. The receptacle is constructed with an impact-resistant thermoplastic cover and body. The plate gasket and O-ring combine to seal out moisture and air-borne particles.

The Floor Mount Receptacle Assembly meets all requirements of UL 514A standard, 2004 revision, for Metal Floor Boxes in wood floor and commercial 3/8-inch thick carpet installations and is also available in a 15-amp version. Read more