Re: A Question about X10.

["Jason Lee" <jasonjlee@xxxxxxx>]

thanks Mark, Ken and Doogie..

I was just about to ask a question that doogie has stated here... I'm
going
to call the guy that wired my house in a min.

One question.

Does the momentary switch that is mentioned in 2 HAVE to be in place. Now
I
know X10 isn't faultless, but if I have it on non essential lights could
I
get away without rewiring that way??

I'm most interested in triggering a few internal lights for security
atm.

J



----- Original Message -----
From: "Doogie Brodie" <ukhad@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] A Question about X10.


> Mark Harrison wrote:
> > The problem with "2" is the traditional way to wire
lighting in a house
> > is to put a ring all the way round, and have each light as a spur
off
> > it. (OK - one ring per floor.) This _doesn't_ lend itself to the
"each
> > wired back".
>
> There is the kludge of mounting an LD11 somewhere else (eg ceiling
rose)
>    and mucking around with the wiring a bit between the
switch and the
> rose..... Ken Watt described that a while ago, which I was going to
do
> until I discovered I had upside down lighting.... my ring was wired
with
> the neutrals at the switch end, not at the rose end.......
>
> An LW11G, and a visit from Ken and his electrician uncle later (I
had
> neutral at the switch, but had a whole lotta wires in there I was a
bit
> suspicious about!) and it was all working with preset dim etc.
>
> So.... depends wether you want to rewire, and depends what whoever
the
> monkeys who last wired your place were up to, changes what your
options
> are....!
>
> --
> Doogie
>
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