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Re: LCD Screen interfering with X10



Hi Mark

Yes it was the X10 filter letsautomate sell.  I had high hopes that
it would work but it made no difference at all.

REgards


Anthony



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)"
<mph@a...>
wrote:
> 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@s...>
> 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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> >
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> >



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