Re: DIN modules question

["Neil J. McRae" <neil@xxxxxxx>]

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> > OK. I have a normal [or what I consider to be normal] breaker
fuse box
> > that has a breaker for upstairs lights, downstairs lights,=20
> > oven, upstairs
> > sockets, downstairs sockets etc. To make these X10 modules work
> > do I just swap the breacker for the X10 module?
>=20
> Not having any X10 modules myself (so I may be wrong here) I would say
NO=
.
> Unless the X10 DIN module offers over-current protection, replacing an
> existing MCB (breaker) with a similarly sized X10 DIN module will not
> protect the circuit from over-current (eg. short circuit, faulty
insulati=
on,
> faulty wiring) and could pose a fire hazard.=20

Thats what I was trying to understand whether or not the module
provided that protection.

> You should take the load from
> the MCB into the X10 module, and then from the X10 to the circuit in
> question.  Obviously the X10 module will control the entire circuit,
and =
if
> this is you lighting circuit then this wouldn't be a very good idea. 
Bet=
ter
> to run a cable from the X10 module directly to the light you wish to
> control, or you could try (assuming you have ready access) installing
the
> X10 module in an enclosure and siting that above the light you wish to
> control.  That way you don't need to run a dedicated cable from the
consu=
mer
> unit to the light.  Ready access means that you can get to it to
replace =
the
> unit if it dies and not have to wreck any floor/celing in the process.

This is what I thought. Thanks.

Neil.

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