RE: Electrical rewiring for X10

["Dan Hoehnen" <dhoehnen@xxxxxxx>]

I am not sure about in the UK, but here in the US we must tell the
electrician wiring the house that we want/need a neutral wire in all wall
switch boxes.  The neutral is needed for some X-10 wall switches.  If we
don't say we want the switches wired that way, they might get wired with no
neutral at the wall switch.

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 4:55 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Electrical rewiring for X10
>
>
>   >electrical sockets ? If I am going to use DIN rail appliance
> modules then
>   >what is common practice, one per double socket or two.
>
> I didn't do any sockets to appliance din rails in the house
> because I didn't
> think I'd use them.  A year later the only thing I have that really
needs
> one is a subwoofer in the corner of the AV room.
>
> In several rooms and the halls I did wire 5amp (round pin) sockets
back to
> din rail dimmers and these are great.  Turn all the table lamps
> on from one
> switch on the wall or remote etc.
>
>   >counted, but I would guess that I would run out of X10 codes if
>   >I went for every socket and every light (we have 14 rooms, 16 if
you
>   >include garage and conservatory).
>
> I doubt you'll run out...even with 16 rooms X10 has 256 possible codes
so
> you'd still be able to have 16 codes per room!!
>
>   > We don't make much use of plug in lighting
>   >(other than Christmas time) so is there really any point in
>   >connecting some sockets to DIN rail lamp modules (as Mark
describes on
> his site).
>
> Like I say, consider the 5amp sockets for lighting (this would
> allow you to
> control your Christmas tree this way too) and forget about the
appliance
> sockets.
>
> Also of interest - I have a prototype X10 socket from Lets Automate
that's
> due sometime next year.  This will allow you to swap out your existing
> double socket for an X10 single with integrated electronics (no nasty
lump
> on the wall).
>
>   >any other things I should take into account on the electrical
> side (I am
>   >already planning my own non-electrical cabling). This will be
> the one and
>   >only time I get a chance to change the wiring, next year we will
be
>   >redecorating the whole house so mess will not be tolerated after
that.
>
> Look here if you haven't already...
>
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/wiring/index.html
http://ha.orrs.net/

M.