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> DIN rail modules are pretty good. I have three of them
controlling the ambient lights in the kitchen. However that's still about
£90
just to switch the > kitchen lights on and off. It's
quite hard to come up with a cost/benefit to justify that.
That's 90 quid for 3 circuits though. In my case (new
build) I was able to get the VAT back so my modules were just over 20 quid
each
(and that was last year before the recent price drops). Where else
can you
get such an expandable, flexible system for 20 quid a circuit??
> Clunky X10 light switches don't fall into that
category.
Clunky?
> Ripping up the bathroom floorboards to replace an
LD10s
fuse similarly does not fall into my 'cool' category.
Nor mine. Why on earth would anyone put a module like
this
that you need access to under floorboards? This is hardly an X10
problem.
> So if I were to go out and compare the costs and
features
of other systems sensibly, I think I'd come home with a set of standard
light
switches > and wall sockets every time. They're
cheap,
come in a huge range of styles, and you never end up running around the
house at
11am trying to > persuade the lounge
light
to turn off...
Hmmmmmmm....no alternative offered then.
Why are your lounge lights on at 11am? :-) Why do you
have
to "persuade" them to switch off?
As I have said many times before X10 is a long long way
from
perfect, However, it's here and now and (relatively)
affordable.
M.
;)
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