RE: X10 FD10 filter advice

["Marcus Warrington" <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>]

CBUS would be nice but expensive :)

I am tempted , especially with the idea of using Bus Couplers or Aux
inputs but would still cost me a small fortune and would still need X10
for all the appliance modules.

Up to now the X10 has been pretty reliable so I'm sure my issue can be
solved with appropriate filtering.

Marcus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Paul Gale
> Sent: 21 January 2008 12:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 FD10 filter advice
>
> Ah OK - I sympathise.
>
> I used to have a whole house X10 system but it suffered from
occasional
> interference and the odd light coming on - very spooky. It did tend to
be
> only a few lights that were affected - maybe due to the particular
code
> they were on or perhaps something to do with the LD11's themselves?
>
> Anyway, this was one of the reasons I moved to the more capable and
> reliable CBus installation. Probably won't help you though unless you
want
> to go that way :(
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> > Of Marcus Warrington
> > Sent: 21 January 2008 12:05
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 FD10 filter advice
> >
> > No all Christmas lights have long since been packed away :) I
think
the
> > problem probably started around November last year but its
difficult
to
> > say for sure.
> >
> > I've been racking my brains trying to think of what things may
have
> > been
> > "introduced" to the house around this time.
> >
> > It may well be that the heating boiler is one possible cause..
but
I've
> > yet to prove it either way as SWMBO won't let me turn it off to
check !
> >
> > Problem is that it may well have been doing this for a long time
> > without
> > me even noticing. Since the "noise" doesn't seem to be
constant (it
> > come
> > and goes) and most of the time the noise gets interpreted as
house
> > codes
> > I don't use so no ill effects are seen, except that sometimes
"real"
> > X1O
> > signals are lost or not sent because the network is too busy.
> >
> > ATM I'm trying to isolate the problem by filtering the house from
the
> > outside mains, so at least I'll know if it's originating from MY
> > equipment.
> >
> > Marcus
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > Of
> > > Paul Gale
> > > Sent: 21 January 2008 11:44
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 FD10 filter advice
> > >
> > > Do you still have any Christmas lighting operating or any
other
kind
> > of
> > > lighting that's new? These can be notoriously bad for
causing X10
> > > interference. Just wondered given that you mentioned it
started at
> > > Christmas...
> > >
> > > Paul.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > > > Of Marcus Warrington
> > > > Sent: 21 January 2008 11:12
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [ukha_d] X10 FD10 filter advice
> > > >
> > > > Over the Christmas period (and now beyond) I've noticed
that we
> > have
> > > > started having trouble with our X10 lighting. This is
mainly
> > > > manifesting
> > > > itself with the lights turning themselves off. Looking
at the
> > > > HomeVision
> > > > logs it looks like we are periodically getting bursts
of random
> > > > messages
> > > > on random house codes. Mainly these seem to be status
hails and
> > status
> > > > responses etc so I suspect its noise on the line that
is
sometimes
> > > > being
> > > > seen as valid X10 codes. I've not notices these before
so
suspect
> > they
> > > > are a relatively new thing but I could be wrong.  I've
unplugged
> > all
> > > > the
> > > > RF receivers in case it as picking up RF signals but
its still
> > doing
> > > > it.
> > > > Next step is to eliminate the possibility of noise
coming into
our
> > > > house
> > > > on the mains from outside by installing an FD10 filter
at the
> > consumer
> > > > unit.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the FD10 its says its rated for 64 amps but
the
master
> > fuse
> > > > feeding the house is 100amps, so is it OK to install
the F10 at
the
> > > > consumer unit immediately after the main MCB (is 64amps
enough
to
> > feed
> > > > a
> > > > whole house safely ?), or should I be looking at
installing 2
> > FD10's
> > > > one
> > > > for the lighting side and one for the Socket side ..
and if so
how
> > do I
> > > > link the X10 signals between each circuit ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Marcus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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