If you have a Pentair IC40 saltwater chlorine generator, you may have had to change the fuse in the power center once or twice. On the older units, the fuse is located in the bottom of the power center. It is replaced (if necessary) by twisting the fuse holder out using a flat-blade screwdriver. You…
Category: Home and Tech Projects
Ceiling Fan Light Kit Installation
Ceiling Fan Light Kit Installation – A Decade in the Making Ten years ago, when we purchased our house, we installed ceiling fans in every room. To save some money, we only installed a ceiling fan light kit on three of the six fans we installed. We recently decided it was time to install ceiling…
Converting 4-pin CFL to LED
Z-Wave incompatability with CFL Ballasts A large part of my never ending list of home projects is making (almost) everything “smart.” This requires converting 4-pin CFL to LED. Nine years ago, I started on a Z-Wave journey, and have been adding to it ever since. I’ve been converting our switches and outlets to Z-Wave devices….
Entryway Closet Refresh
Our Entryway Closet Refresh with Ikea, Target & More! Besides our office, which is an ongoing constant project of it’s own, our entryway closet became a catchall. Not sure what to do with some random item? It’ll go in the closet. Don’t feel like taking your shoes upstairs to your own closet? Stick them in…
DSC Sensor Battery Replacement
Recently, our DSC alarm system started showing a low battery warning. On our keypad, you can scroll through the different warnings item by item. I found that two of our door sensors had low battery conditions. It was clearly time to perform a DSC sensor battery replacement. Which Battery to Use Normally when I replace…
Water Heater Drain and Flush
The Reason The main reason for performing a water heater drain and flush is maintenance related. Most manufacturers recommend you perform this simple maintenance task yearly, or at least every other year. For us, this is the first time we had performed this procedure in the nine years we’ve owned our home. Recently, we had…
Tesla Model 3 – Integrated SiriusXM Satellite Radio
IMPORTANT UPDATE (12/28/2023): There are reports on the TMC forums that scrolling through Tesla SiriusXM Satellite Radio favorites with the steering wheel scroll button is broken again after the holiday update. I can confirm that this still works as of 2023.44.1. However, forum users indicate it is broken as of 2023.44.30.5. I would not update…
Installing a Genie 1055 Garage Door Opener
The Genie 1055 garage door opener is a 3/4 HP opener that we purchased from Home Depot. We installed it to replace our old Genie 2024. The installation was surprisingly much easier than I expected. Background: Our opener died! On Halloween night, shortly after we arrived home, Lora noticed that our garage door wouldn’t open….
Unlocked Galaxy S20 WiFi Calling Issues
I purchased my unlocked Galaxy S20+ for use on the T-Mobile network in late July. While I do love the phone for the most part, as of late there has been an issue where the unlocked Galaxy S20 WiFi Calling Preferences are randomly changed by the system. I have used Android phones for almost a…
Channels DVR: Remapping Channel Numbers
We’ve been using Channels DVR to allow us to record and pause/rewind/fast forward live TV associated with our Locast, AT&T TV Now and Philo streaming accounts for the past two years. The one thing we weren’t really happy with was the numbering scheme that Channels uses. I had hoped to be able to re-map the…