Re: LCD Screen interfering with X10

["Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)" <mph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony,

Was it specifically an X10 filter you bought?

The normal "noise filters" aren't necessarily filtering at the
right
frequencies.

M.

----- Original Message -----
From: "goeuijknc" <anthony.kirrane@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:06 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] LCD Screen interfering with X10


> Hi All
>
> Some time ago I asked the group for ideas/suggestions as to the cause
> of my then recent failure of all x10 enabled products in my house. A
> quick recap;  all my X10 enabled bits were working fine and then
> after no changes it all stopped working, both by not responding to my
> control commands and also by activating erroneously without any
> requested external input.  (Does that make sense?  Basically I
> couldn't turn lights on or off but something was all through the day
> and the night)
>
> Much head scratching later I have located the problem.  Basically I
> have a 17" Dell LCD on my kitchen wall.  When I unpplug it from
the
> mains all of my X10 stuff works.  When I plug it back in my x10 stuff
> does not work.  When it is plugged in my PC based control software
> (Autom8it or ActiveHome) software registers the control command but
> the X10 module is not affected.  I bought a filter for the LCD screen
> but it has made no difference whatsoever.  I was just about to buy a
> new LCD screen and then I thought that as I do not actually know what
> has happened to the LCD screen the same thing may happen again.  The
> screen otherwise works perfectly.  In my laymans opinion it seems to
> me that the LCD screen must be putting some noise back onto the power
> line.
>
> So any ideas or suggestions.  Should I just buy another screen and
> hope for the best or could I easily fix the one I have.  Also any
> thoughts on what has actually happened to the screen would be
> fantastic.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Anthony
>
>
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