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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 11 years ago

    where would be the best place for asking a question about building this project?

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    Former Member over 11 years ago

    Where do i find the items list on this project ?

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    relio over 11 years ago

    At the end, they seem to also double as very large eyebrows.

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    Anonymous-58970 over 12 years ago

    LULZ ben that really cool

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    Former Member over 12 years ago

    What about electrochromic glasses?

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  • colecago
    colecago over 12 years ago

    Those are badass.

     

    Could you imagine some louvred ones? 

     

    Also, for those watching, an important note is that Ben put in some hysteresis to his control, meaning he had a different outdoor an indoor value.  You could put the same value and just check above and below but then if it is on the edge it will want to trigger on and off rapidly.  So lets say outdoor is set at 8 and indoor it set at 6, lets say the value is between 7.9-8.1, a standard >=8 and <8 would cause it to flicker but with hysteresis, once it turns on at 8, it will stay until it drops below 6.

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