OK I searched all over the internet this morning and couldn't find anyone who has done this. I can't imagine being the first bloke to think of this so I'd rather not reinvent the wheel. I've got a Hot Springs/ Tiger River spa with a 2001 IQ 2020 control panel. It has several places where pins are exposed; my guess is for attachment to their remote control and for diagnostics. The spa is located at my mountain cabin and I'm there most weekends during the winter. Electricity and fuel costs being what they are, I've gone to great lengths to be able to turn down the house temperature and turn off the domestic hot water when I'm gone, and turn everything back up/ on before I get there so the house isn't freezing when I arrive. I even turn the water main off in case something screws up big time and a pipe freezes. ![]() I'm no computer genius but I figured out how to do this using X10 controllers and their telephone interface. This stuff is all 1980's technology and pretty cheap, around $200 for my set-up, including a second thermostat, a sprinkler valve and the various control boxes. Fundamentals of financial management quizlet. It's pretty neat because I can turn things on-off using my cell phone. However it's not completely dependable and doesn't provide me any feedback so this last summer my son built a computer to stay up there and monitor things. This was relatively more expensive, plus I now pay for broad band internet at $45/ month.
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