RE: X10 in Which? magazine

["Jake Liddell" <jake.liddell@xxxxxxx>]

I think Andy's point was that it shouldn't be used to trigger things
that are unsafe when unattended.

There's nothing really unsafe about some central heating coming on - all
you get is a warm house and a big bill at the end of the month :-)

Rgds,
Jake.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stainton-James, Mark (IDS EaCS Ops)
[mailto:stainmar@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 09:44
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 in Which? magazine


Andy,

Surely this would apply though equally to a normal timer connected to a
heater, or for that matter a thermostatically controlled switch
controlling
any heater that should not be covered ?

For my money X10 seems to be the perfect solution for interfacing phone
with
central heating in a remote property. Unless anyone else has any better
suggestions (always open to new ideas)

Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Smith [mailto:wheelbarrowhandle@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 April 2003 07:54
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 in Which? magazine


Hi Andy,

Now I understand, and totally agree that you should not use X10
for
equipment that can be dangerous when unattended.


Thanks.

Paul]

-----Original Message-----
From: UKHA [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 April 2003 23:36
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 in Which? magazine

Paul,

because X10 uses the powerline which can get spikes, which could trigger
your heater or whatever... it's NOT SAFE!

hth

Andy

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