Re: Controlling X10 on Lighting Ring Main

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 31 October 2001 17:33 pm, James Hoye wrote:
> > May question is, should the X10 signals be getting through to the
> > lighting ring main (assuming a standard configuration), and if
not, do I
> > need to purchase and install an X10 Coupler?
>
> All circuits (lighting, ring main etc) are commoned at the consumer
> unit/distribution board, so it sounds like your X10 is being
attenuated by
> an appliance somewhere.  Phil Harris has a 6-way power strip and one
of the
> socket outlets is "deaf" to X10... go figure.

The best way to find out if this is the problem is to go round switching of
electricaly noisy items, such as large TV's & fridges and see if that
cures
your problem. If not start on the smaller things, DDAR's for example are
known to kill X10 signals.

I'm assuming you need to know which appliance is the offender before you
can
apply an X10 filter?

Also once you have found the gremlin, you could try wrapping the power cord
round a toroidal magnet a few times ... that has been known to cure line
noise.

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Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>
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