a key factor quickly becomes the reliability of any system that you wire into normal use I had a friend in high school whose dad had set up an elaborate home a

a key factor quickly becomes the reliability of any system that you wire into normal use I had a friend in high school whose dad had set up an elaborate home automation system with simple 2-3 word voice controls for things like "turn on AC" or "turn on sprinklers". Anyway, this system was flawless until my friend's pet parrot Larry learned a few of these commands. One of the funnier situations was when the bird turned on the sprinklers during a dinner party!