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FAILED!

The man who measures his efforts through time taken is the man that will fail. The other man that posts on forums about time taken of said man comes from Cornwall

Big thumbs up to @ProDave ( still awaiting those resistors to arrive ) and @dpmiller !! Cheers guys ! Almost all the scary mains stuff working for now !

Added a temp placement for a wall mounted iPad . Front end crude and unfinished but basics work ! Later will swap HA to raspberry pi HomeSeer where everyone is sure to like me !

Thanks the next terminal is labelled on the unit as Q . Online says Q is “output terminal of the load “ So dry contacts on in and q ? Just double checking before I electrocute stuff ( would be much happier if they did a 12v dc powered relay ) .

@ProDave need your assistance again if you don’t mind . I thought I should ask as this is 240v mains - I’d rather it was 12v So ! I stick 240v L and N to it no probs I want to close a dry contact I.e not stick 240v into the attached device !!! ( this is what worries me ! ) BANG ! ? So , am I correct I put my 12v dc 2 wires on S1 and S2 ? . Simple as that ?? I’m not use to these tiny relays taking 240v - their size makes me think “wont it overheat ? “ or “where’s the big transformer ? “

Got some . Suckers and glass ....

Guys ! Forget all the expensive HA crap . Raspberry pi is where it’s at !

Worth every penny if you are a nerd / geek / twat ?

I'm tempted to go for homeseer on a raspberry pi. The 'designer' software is windows only ( urgh! ). So could in theory run that VM. The designer software is expensive!

@Thorfun A question regarding windows VM When windows crash ( blue screen of death ) does this in anyway effect the rest of the nas ? . How do you ‘reboot’ the dead windows vm ?

They are expensive for what they are . But takes 2 mins to install . They have a collar that surrounds them which I’ve yet to install . Joints on the board have some special mix you use . Boards are described as water resistant rather than water proof . Still if the water has got past your tiles / grout / Mastik you’re in trouble anyway .

I know ! I kind of like things running independently so when one thing dies nothing else really get affected. Nas file server with Cctv security spy for ‘better’ Cctv HA on something else Whole house audio on something else etc. Etc . Raspberry pi my personal fav though . You can get an 8gb one now !

Thinking of switching from Mac indigo home automation ( as no one likes me ) to HomeSeer . HomeSeer now also runs on a raspberry pi but the client designer software ( to make it look pretty ) is Windows only . So I need to decide because the costing for raspberry pi and pc HomeSeer are different . Also if I must have the designer I need a pc anyway .

Yeah I’m in 2 minds . Get a crap pc for it or not . Don’t want access to be a dog Hmmmmm

Though looking on eBay can get a low spec windows 10 laptop for £99 !!

@Thorfun Running windows in vm ok ? I might have no choice but to run a Windows app I need . Rather than buy a cheap pc , wondering if I could use the nas vm ? Whats a virtual windows license cost these days ??

I installed an Eclisse . It was a mare with 10 different instructions! . But the quality overall was really good . Our glass pocket door weighed 45kg so was a bit of a dog on my own .

Ah ! In that case there is a loo right at the end of the black soil . It runs straight into the end though . I’ll get a photo tomorrow. So regarding the 2nd fixing further down - would it be wise for the main bathroom sink / bath to connect before the bathroom loo. ?

No chance ! Soil pipe has been fixed and glued by God himself . Will not move ! Those boss straps not high enough ? Problem is also that the ceiling is quite busy and getting the white waste T higher becomes an issue .

Can move this one along a bit to allow the boss strap to be fitted easier . This one only has a slight fall but boss strap higher up main pipe . This is the bathroom sink and bath waste ( join together under the floor above ) .

What do you mean ? A nice angle when the toilets flushed ? . Probably 35 degrees I’d say .

Yeah the problem is cutting the hole into the pipe - can’t get my drill in there . I can move it further along the black pipe as it falls - more chance of the branch being higher but white pipe run gets longer .

Before I commit ! ( glue and forget ) The white pipe is the ensuite sink waste . This arrangement ok ? . There is a fall on the pipe . Secondly . This is the bathroom sink waste . Due to ‘technical problems’ I.e f up ;am I ok to connect the bath waste straight into this ? . There will be no access to this once done .