| Electric curtains are the latest must-have piece of | | | | also useful for keeping the bright sun off your TV |
| home automation equipment for numerous | | | | and upholstery. |
| reasons. Firstly, they're just plain cool, who | | | | Other models such as the Autoglide 5900IR come |
| wouldn't want to have automatic curtains?! In all | | | | with a remote control unit so that you can open |
| seriousness though they have a couple of uses | | | | and close your curtains from wherever you want |
| that may not occur to you at first. | | | | in the room, you don't even have to get out of |
| Electric curtains can be used as an effective | | | | your chair. This model is popular with less-able |
| security measure. Some models, such as the | | | | bodied people in particular because opening and |
| Silent Gliss Autoglide 5900TL will automatically | | | | closing curtains can be a task. |
| open and close when it gets light and goes dark. | | | | The basic model comes with a wall-mountable |
| The same model can also be manually | | | | switch so at the touch of a button you can close |
| programmed with an easy-to-use timer. This | | | | and open your curtains. |
| means that when you go on holiday or are just | | | | The one thing that will surprise you is the speed |
| generally away from home, your curtains will be | | | | of electric curtains, they're actually pretty quick, |
| simulating someone living in your house! This is | | | | travelling at half a foot (15cm) per second. |
| also handy for businesses as you can be safe in | | | | If you're buying electric curtains off the Internet, |
| the knowledge that yes, the curtains are shut on | | | | you usually get the tracks with curtain hangers |
| the server room window. | | | | for you to hang your own curtains, a motor and |
| Another novel idea for this same model, the | | | | a control device such as a button, timer, light |
| 5900TL, is to use it as an alarm clock. Wake up | | | | sensor or remote. They can be fitted very easily |
| to the gentle sun's rays instead of an awful | | | | with little DIY skill. |
| grinding alarm clock either using the light sensor or | | | | I hope this article helps in your decision to buy an |
| program your wakeup time into the timer. It is | | | | electric curtain track. |