RE: 'Inteligent' Heating Control

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doh!

The Warning!

X10 Appliance Modules have this insanely annoying feature called local
current sense - they trickle a small amount of current through the module
all the time, and when a load is applied turn the appliance on.

Central heating controllers *really* don't like this. Our started
misbehaving badly after a few months of this sort of control.

I'd suggest using some relays instead :)

Ian.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
briview
Sent: 24 October 2005 17:09
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] 'Inteligent' Heating Control

I want to improve the heating & hot water control I have over and above
the
standard Drayton controller I've got now.  I'm not entirely sure what I'm
after but I'm thinking some kind of X-10 control of on and off's which
external temperature input (1-wire perhaps) to adjust for when it's really
cold.

I thought I remember someone on this group doing something similar but no
amount of googling will find it now.  Unfortunately the likes of Homevision
are out of my league so has anyone got ideas / details of what could be
done
PC/X-10/1-wire wise?

Thanks

Brian