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Eaton Showcases Remote Home Monitoring System
Appearing at the upcoming International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Eaton Electrical Cutler-Hammer (Booth W3889) will be showcasing its Home Heartbeat™, which the manufacturer bills as “a wireless, do-it-yourself home awareness system” that remotely monitors safety, security and comfort.
Via a cell phone text message, Blackberry or Internet-based software with a unique URL login and password, Home Heartbeat relays messages alerting home owners to everything from water on the basement floor to an open garage door to an iron that somebody forgot to turn off.
The remote access enables the home owner to monitor the status of the system (in a primary residence, vacation home and even monitoring the home of an elderly relative) from anywhere that Internet access is available.
Intuitive and user friendly, the system can be up and monitoring the status of the home in less than 10 minutes.
Home Heartbeat has three main components: the Base Station, Home Key™ (which resembles a key fob with an LCD) and detection sensors. Installing the system entails activating the Base Station, training the key and monitoring the sensors.
The system routinely provides updates as it monitors home appliances, power outlets, sump pumps and the opening and closing of doors and windows. It can also detect flooding problems and interrupt the main water supply to the home in case of an emergency, such as a burst pipe or water heater leak.
Home Heartbeat is currently available at select online and retail locations, which are posted here and updated as new retailers are brought on board.
Eaton Electrical Cutler-Hammer is a member of the National Council of the Housing Industry — The Supplier 100 of NAHB.
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