https://matthijs.hoekstraonline.net/tags/home-improvement/ Recent content in Home improvement on Matthijs's Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Matthijs Hoekstra Sun, 31 Jan 2016 01:11:01 +0000 https://matthijs.hoekstraonline.net/2016/01/30/fixed-my-bryant-two-stage-furnace-with-my-nest/ Sun, 31 Jan 2016 01:11:01 +0000 https://matthijs.hoekstraonline.net/2016/01/30/fixed-my-bryant-two-stage-furnace-with-my-nest/ When we bought the house we learned it had a fairly new Bryant furnace installed. The previous owner upgraded from an electric furnace a few years ago. When we had an HVAC guy over for an AC quote he mentioned it was a good two stage furnace, better than the one we had in Bothell. Ok, I didn’ really think about until a recent discussion with some colleagues at Microsoft. https://matthijs.hoekstraonline.net/2014/12/26/hmm-no-neutral-wire-for-my-z-wave-onoff-switch-now-what/ Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:29:00 +0000 https://matthijs.hoekstraonline.net/2014/12/26/hmm-no-neutral-wire-for-my-z-wave-onoff-switch-now-what/ I tried to add another z-wave switch to my SmartThings network. I bought a on/off switch at Lowes (all the ‘works with Iris’ stuff you can use in your z-wave network), this is just a GE 1-way on/off z-wave switch, to connect to my outdoor lights so I can switch them on/off automatically with sunset/sunrise. When I connected it to the 2 black wires which were used to the existing switch the lights didn’t come on.