Juan

aLf, normaly you would use a SwitchLinc Relay for a load like a fan. You should check the load rating of the fan to that of the relay. The manual on the relay should give the allowed load. I'd expect that the fireplace fan would be within the relay's rating, but it is best to verify that. Rob I just hooked up a SwitchLinc Relay to a winch via a secondary relay. The winch can pull about 40 amps, but typically maxes about 30 with the working wieght. To prevent any damage to my SwithLic, I simply connected an external relay to be triggered by my Insteon. That way you're not limited by the load capacity of the SwitchLinc. Just size the relay to within a 20-30 safety margin of the load of the fan and you'll be fine and make sure it's an AC relay.

I designed into the door some massive counter weights, so the weight of the door is essiently only going to be about 40-50 lbs... I think I'll be okay on the safety issues now. You suggest as a scene, can you offer just a few pointers on how to program as a scene? When I create a scene, it seems all I can do is drag items there with no logic, it just links them. This is what I want: I have two magnetic senors, one at the top of the door and one at the bottom. 1) When the Condition "Door Closed" is present, it allows the winch to move up/open. 2) When the Condition "Door Open" is present, it allows the winch to move down/close. 3) The contact will stay active till it senses the "Door Closed" Condition. 4) Same for opening, the second contact will stay closed till it senes the door at the top position. I don't see a way to do this. Any suggestions please, just need some examples on how to get started.

Guys, For safety reasons, I'm really concerned about this. Are the program and instructions stored on the Ezio or are they stored as an actual program, which may be proned to delays or potential problems? Since I'm using a sensor's and no safety features built into Garage door openers, I want to make sure if I loose the ISY controller, that this will still work?

Guys, I want to do a similar setup as the garage door opener senario. This is for a house I'm building in Puerto Vallarta, were we have a Palapala with a huge overhead door that I'm using a standard ATV winch to lift it up and down. I already have Insteon in the house and I'm hoping to wire up a Forward/Backward buttons on the winch through the following two devices: http://www.smarthome.com/31274/SimpleHo ... ler/p.aspx http://www.smarthome.com/7455B/Garage-D ... -3-/p.aspx Before I wire this all up and kill one of the dogs, do you guys think this is safe without the garage door controller this is normally interafaced with? Also, do you think it's safe to wire up the relays of the Ezio directly to the Winch controller? I see that for a garage, you only need to have the relay switched on for a few seconds. For the winch, I need to leave it on till it see's either a normally open/closed at the top or bottom of run. Just looking for a few tips on how to program this. Thank you, Juan J Ayala Puerto Vallarta, Mexico