Re: Appliance Switch for controlling the Heating ??

[Stephen <mail@xxxxxxx>]

Sorry for taking a week to reply, it takes me that long to read all
time messages posted here!

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:15:05 -0000, you wrote:

>Thanks for the reply Stephen. So are you saying if I can hear my
boiler
>switching off as soon as I switch off the timer controls I
definitely
>haven't got a pump/boiler over-run?

I'm not saying definitely! When whoever it was (sorry I can't
remember) mentioned over-run, I thought oops, I hope my boiler isn't
going to pack-up on me now! I'm not sure which models have it or why
they do. I only know that for my boiler that the on/off switch on the
front does that and does it straight away, so there *seems* to be no
difference which switch you use...so far. Hence I replaced the switch
on the wall with an x10 switch and so far so good after a couple of
months.

>My boiler is due for a bit of a service so I shall check with them and
ask
>them if they know of any problems. Problem is I doubt they are going to
know
>much about X10 modules.

You don't have to confuse them asking about x10, just ask if you can
switch it on/off safely using the wall switch rather than the boiler
switch. If they say that's safe, change the wall switch to x10.

>I remember someone mentioning the fact that the X10 appliance/light
modules
>send through a small amount of current to enable the appliance/light
to
>still be switched on manually, does anyone know if this applies to the
X10
>appliance/light switches as well?

I thought current sensing was a "feature" of light modules that
causes
the flickering of bulbs that are supposed to be off! I didn't think
this applied to appliance modules: any expert care to confirm?

Thanks,
Stephen.

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