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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

mimico_polak said:
Thanks both @jc100 and @GreyGhost for the prompt response.

I'm actually not picky on camera being a requirement, my wife isn't overly into tech so she couldn't care less either way...so long as the thing works.

I'm seeing options for both, and the non-camera option may be the way to go for the time being.
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You can probably have the honeywell. I don't have a purpose for it now. We only have one button but I'm pretty sure you can add more.

It looks like you can add six or eight buttons. You could use it as a doorbell, kid attention and MIL fallen system.

 
mimico_polak said:
Thanks both @jc100 and @GreyGhost for the prompt response.

I'm actually not picky on camera being a requirement, my wife isn't overly into tech so she couldn't care less either way...so long as the thing works.

I'm seeing options for both, and the non-camera option may be the way to go for the time being.
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Honestly I wasn’t sure if I’d use the camera function that much but it’s one of the best things we added to the house. Wife was so impressed we now have add-on cams everywhere to watch the dogs in the yard etc too. You can use the intercom feature as well if you feel really lazy.
 
jc100 said:
Honestly I wasn’t sure if I’d use the camera function that much but it’s one of the best things we added to the house. Wife was so impressed we now have add-on cams everywhere to watch the dogs in the yard etc too. You can use the intercom feature as well if you feel really lazy.
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My BIL went with the camera as they have no visibility to the other side of the door. You can see a shadow but that's it. Makes them feel a lot better if they know who is there before opening.

MP, are you partially invested in any smarthome ecosystem yet? For instance google hubs will display the doorbell cam picture. They go on sale for $60 so you could have a few around the house so you don't need to find phone. I don't normally have my phone on me in the house. If you are already partially invested in an ecosystem, that doorbell may make sense. If not, carry on. I am definitely not going to advocate for Google. Such a pain in the ass for me and marginal sounding.
 
Can you join Romex 14/2 cable? I’m adding a couple outdoor pot lights in the soffits and some are longer runs. I have a few pieces of Romex I’d like to use up but I’d have to join a couple pieces.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
Can you join Romex 14/2 cable? I’m adding a couple outdoor pot lights in the soffits and some are longer runs. I have a few pieces of Romex I’d like to use up but I’d have to join a couple pieces.
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In an accessible junction box you can make a joint. You can't have a buried box or a flying splice. Is a box accessible from the soffit accessible? I would think probably not if I need to use tools to pull nails and drop the soffit. If you put a hatch in it, that seems accessible to me (and probably also to a raccoon).
 
GreyGhost said:
My BIL went with the camera as they have no visibility to the other side of the door. You can see a shadow but that's it. Makes them feel a lot better if they know who is there before opening.

MP, are you partially invested in any smarthome ecosystem yet? For instance google hubs will display the doorbell cam picture. They go on sale for $60 so you could have a few around the house so you don't need to find phone. I don't normally have my phone on me in the house. If you are already partially invested in an ecosystem, that doorbell may make sense. If not, carry on. I am definitely not going to advocate for Google. Such a pain in the ass for me and marginal sounding.
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I do have a few Google hubs in the house but am not married to them.

Picked them up for $20/each as I wasn’t sure it would be worth the full price…it wasn’t.
 
GreyGhost said:
In an accessible junction box you can make a joint. You can't have a buried box or a flying splice. Is a box accessible from the soffit accessible? I would think probably not if I need to use tools to pull nails and drop the soffit. If you put a hatch in it, that seems accessible to me (and probably also to a raccoon).
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It's not a straight run along the soffits, I will go into the attic, connect to a potlight box then run over to the new light spot.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
It's not a straight run along the soffits, I will go into the attic, connect to a potlight box then run over to the new light spot.
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I'd throw a jb in a visible and accessible location (assuming the lengths of the wire scabs used justified that effort). For most jobs, I'd just use virgin wire the proper length and save the scabs for the next job where they were a better fit.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
Can you join Romex 14/2 cable? I’m adding a couple outdoor pot lights in the soffits and some are longer runs. I have a few pieces of Romex I’d like to use up but I’d have to join a couple pieces.
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Like others noted it is not legal to just splice the lengths together without an accessible junction box. Even then it is a bit hack (but legal) to just put up a junction box to splice two too short lengths together with no other purpose. When I wire there is no junction box that is also not an outlet or light, never just a junction with the exception of converting cable type such as NMSC to AC, even then if that is 120V I put it in a usable location and include an outlet or a light.

Even at the elevated prices these days the cost of new cable for the longer runs is not very much and better than buried or difficult to access junction boxes. It will save a bunch of time as well.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
Can you join Romex 14/2 cable? I’m adding a couple outdoor pot lights in the soffits and some are longer runs. I have a few pieces of Romex I’d like to use up but I’d have to join a couple pieces.
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My stepfather, living on the Danforth called me living near the airport asking if I had 12 feet of 14/2 Romex but I only had two smaller pieces. He said they would work because he could splice them. The run was going to be buried in plaster anyway. :(

Depending on the runs and scrap lengths it could cost more than doing it right. Then down the line if something goes wrong......
 
Finally getting close to the end of renovating my parents' basement. New subfloor, engineered hardwood finished floor, replace old potlights with LED's, MDF wainscotting with all the trim, baseboards, casings, primer, paint and a bunch of other misc things i cant remember at the moment.
 
Nothing big but the Mrs. got a new LED over in the laundry to replace the tube.

No house stuff, but I made a bunch of brass parts for a friend, 86 to be exact. The final operation was tapping a 6-32 thread a limited depth. The tap broke off on the 86th part. I spent a half hour salvaging a buck and a half part.
 
nobbie48 said:
Nothing big but the Mrs. got a new LED over in the laundry to replace the tube.

No house stuff, but I made a bunch of brass parts for a friend, 86 to be exact. The final operation was tapping a 6-32 thread a limited depth. The tap broke off on the 86th part. I spent a half hour salvaging a buck and a half part.
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I'd always make a couple extra if the material cost wasnt insane. With enough operations, odds are high a piece or two wont be perfect. Normally keep one on the shelf and send other viable spares out with the order in case the client wrecks one.

My old shop is clearing everything out. Trying to figure out how much I can get while remaining married.
 
GreyGhost said:
I'd always make a couple extra if the material cost wasnt insane. With enough operations, odds are high a piece or two wont be perfect. Normally keep one on the shelf and send other viable spares out with the order in case the client wrecks one.

My old shop is clearing everything out. Trying to figure out how much I can get while remaining married.
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I chopped up a 12 foot bar and he gets what he gets. It's brain fun trying to maximize my limited machinery. The overall quantity doesn't allow for spending on new equipment or the place to put it.

200 parts per year and a five figure CNC lathe would save me 12 hours. I'd also lose the garage. I'd also spend a ton of time learning how to program the lathe. You can teach an old dog new tricks but usually they'd rather just lay in the sun or enjoy the wind in their face.
 
nobbie48 said:
I chopped up a 12 foot bar and he gets what he gets. It's brain fun trying to maximize my limited machinery. The overall quantity doesn't allow for spending on new equipment or the place to put it.

200 parts per year and a five figure CNC lathe would save me 12 hours. I'd also lose the garage. I'd also spend a ton of time learning how to program the lathe. You can teach an old dog new tricks but usually they'd rather just lay in the sun or enjoy the wind in their face.
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I don't want NC. Now a manual mill and lathe would be welcome but then I would be divorced and no garage to put them in. Aiming for a Kennedy box full of fasteners. Even that may be too expensive although it would be buy once, cry once and I should be set for most of my life.
 
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