RE: low energy bulbs and x-10

["Phillip Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

> Do maplin still sell x-10 bits and bobs? I thought they did, 
> but couldn't find anything on their web site?

Nope...

> I did see some Marmitek appliances, actually in a B&Q 
> superstore. Are Marmitek a good make?

Marmitek *ARE* X10 ... It's another one of their registered names.

> I was most interested in using the bayonet appliances, so 
> that I could control the bulbs in my existing fittings. I 
> looked at those sites you recommended, but they said that the 
> bayonet appliances were for incandescent bulbs only. Why is 
> this, the bayonet appliance only has an on/off function, 
> there is no dimming? I didn't really want to use appliance 
> modules and table lamps! Is there no other way around this? 
> All the lights in my house are the low energy light bulbs. 

The modules just do not work with fluorescent or low energy bulbs ...
It's not just down to dimming but the way the bulbs themselves work.

> Perhaps it is no great loss. The bayonet fittings don't have 
> the dials so that you can set individual appliance and house 
> codes, so perhaps they would be a pain to use. Has anyone had 
> any experience with them?

You program the house and unit codes without using dials ... You plug
in
the module, turn on the power and then send three housecode-unitcode-on
(IIRC) commands to the address that you want the module to be and the
module looks out for the three codes sequence and takes the housecode
and unitcode to be its housecode and unitcode.

Phil

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