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Originally Posted by TriDad
What kind of remote monitoring system do you use?
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I have an alarm system made by HAI, Home Automation Inc, now owned by Leviton. It's the Omni IIe system that controls systems through a communication system the runs through the home wiring. You can really go wild with the system and control everything in your home. I mainly use it for some lights, my dock bubbler and roof heat tapes (which I don't use any more). It also controls one zone of my heat, the main floor, which I turn up remotely so the house is nice and toasty when I arrive. The system is programmable and can be set to call you when the temp inside gets too low, it can turn your water heater on and off, it can report when your oil gets low, it can do it all, if you want to pay for the sensors. I use the system to control my dock bubbler as the service I used to use to monitor it would leave it on from January until April. I had a friend install the system about 10 years ago, now I maintain it myself. It has been very reliable.
I also have an older security DVR and cameras that I use to see my dock and driveway. I had a plow guy who was not reliable, I've since fired him and really don't need the driveway camera, but I do check the dock camera to make sure the boat is ok in the summer and the ice eater is working in the winter.