On 6/28/2017 6:57 PM, lucretia wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:49:26 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/28/2017 5:38 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:49:43 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/28/2017 3:45 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:22:49 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/28/2017 12:15 PM, lucretia wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:13:28 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 6/27/2017 2:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nothing scary about it, just don't need a lot of it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Exactly, Cheri. I don't need everything to be connected. In this case
>>>>>>>> I'm talking about smart phones and "connected" appliances.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why would I need to be able to turn the lights on (or off) in my house
>>>>>>>> via a phone? If I'm going out and I know it will be dark when I return,
>>>>>>>> I switch on a lamp before I leave. No need to turn on lights using an
>>>>>>>> app on a phone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Living in a house I might like to turn different lights on and off if
>>>>>>> I was away, to make it appear I was not away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used timers that turned the lights on and off in the bedroom and
>>>>>> living room when I was away. Just plug it into the electric socket and
>>>>>> plug the lamp into the timer. Set the timer. On at dusk, off at
>>>>>> bedtime. On again in the morning, off during the day.
>>>>>
>>>>> I usethose for convenience but I am referring to a house, if you want
>>>>> potential burglars to think someone is at home, the lights need to be
>>>>> different every night. You can't do that with timers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Of course you can. AM PM, different times and different lights in
>>>> different rooms. You can turn the TV on and off. Anything you can plug
>>>> into an electric outlet. No need for a "smart" anything.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> You believe they are so dumb they don't see a pattern?
>>>
>> All I can say is I was never burglarized when I was away from home.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Aren't you in a gated community or something?
>
Yes, I am now. But I lived in my last apartment for 12 years. When I
went away, either on business or a vacation, I just set the timers in
different rooms to lamps on and off at the times they normally would if
I was home.

Jill