That's understandable, i've found a lots of articles that say X10 doesn't work well in modern homes bacause of the amount of dirty power electronics put out. I'm going to have a computer beside my tank, just looking at a decent way to use it. X10 is probably a bad idea for reliability, which is the key.
I still like the DqDAQ card, trying to find out how accurate the readings are, but as for switching on/off i think i'll stick to my original plan and use a USB relay module, or something of the sort. only issue with that is programing... which would have to be home made, which would be fun to do, but that's a LOT of work.
Either than or just cough up the money for a new RKE or something, haha, after all is said and done, this would probably be just as expencive, and less reliable.
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