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Re: Too many options for a starter

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Is a station preferred over an normal iron of about 25-30 watt.. I would like to buy a live time device. I'm not a pro on soldering (yet ;-) )

I also ordered the jeelabs starter pack to start with.
As far as i can find on the forums.. the only way to measure gas/water/elec is with rxfcom equipment
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I prefer a station. You can regulate the temp and a solid stand for the hot iron.

There are also projects for Jeenodes to measure water/gas/electricity. Just do a search on the Jeelabs fora.
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Re: Too many options for a starter

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I used a small Weller 15W iron with stand for a very long time (can't even google on a matching picture :roll: ), but last year I bought a Aoyue 937 and I am very happy with it. It warms up faster and can handle bigger objects better. I think for good soldering temperature regulation is one of the most important criteria.
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Just changed my order at eleshop :D 936 -> 937
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The soldering station arrived.

Now waiting for jeelabs to return :D

Plugwise arrived also.. so testing can start.
vanisher

Re: Too many options for a starter

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So, a little status update.
Currently i have a bunch of plugwise adapters (12) running. And a couple of z-wave (duwi-me) switches and dimmers.
Now i 'm ready for the next chapter of domotica.
What i want:

Measure Gas-usage
Measure Water-usage
Measure Main electricity
Measure ingoing / outgoing watertemp floorheating
Controlling the Remeha Calenta

Monitor door / window movement (opened/closed)
Monitoring the doors/windows would be most convenient with z-wave devices i'll guess. There are wireless and running on battery's.
For the other measurements I would prefer 1 kind of technology instead of a bunch of technology's.
Do you folks have some advise what to use?
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Re: Too many options for a starter

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mhn wrote:You can messure electricity with this one http://www.northq.com/products/zwave/nq92021.html (If you can find a place to buy it.)
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http://www.domotica-shop.nl/NorthQ-NQ-9 ... 16370.html
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Re: Too many options for a starter

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vanisher wrote: Now i 'm ready for the next chapter of domotica.
Have you looked at the new modules from NorthQ and Fibaro, looks great
(you can find them at http://www.domotica-shop.nl/Nieuwe-producten-c-271.html )
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