This may actually happen after all. I’ve been notified by my realtor that we have a meeting at the Title company on Tuesday to close on the house. It’s a little hard to believe it’s actually happening. Primarily due to the fact that we’ve been waiting SO FREAKING LONG for this to happen. Our bid was accepted back in… August of 2017? So it’s been a little over 7 months of waiting. But all good things come to those who wait. We still haven’t found a better house at a good price in the same area, so what the heck.
I’ve already gotten my ‘iotawatt’ power monitor, and am getting ready to pull the trigger on some other devices from Amazon that will assist in making my home both smart and secure. Emphasis on secure, because a lot of Smart Technology isn’t very secure; particularly the ‘Internet of Things’ MQTT protocol. But I have a way around that, and will still be employing that technology in my home. But it will be on it’s own autonomous closed network, with a custom application as a gateway. The custom app is mine, so I can decide what triggers and what to ignore.
I’ve also decided to add a ‘whole home’ surge protector, because on Guam, our Power company isn’t known for it’s stability in power generation. We often experience low power, high power, no power, and frequencies all over the place. Most people are familiar with the concept of a surge protector; in case of any power surges, the components in the surge protector ‘clamp’ down on any voltage spikes over an allowable percentage.
What some people may not realize, is that if your surge protector blows, it will no longer protect. This whole home unit uses replaceable cartridges, so in case any leg blows, you can replace the module without having to replace the entire unit. there were other competing units, but none of them were user replaceable, and the entire module would have needed an electrician to replace. Forget that noise.
Anyway, our fingers are crossed, and we’re hoping for no more delays.