Re: X10 signal problems...

["Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx>]

You're asking for advice, and then discounting what people are telling you.

Amplify the signal with a coupler-repeater. Of you're uncomfortable using
the hardwired version, use the plug-in type at a 220v dryer outlet. This
will fix your problems now, instead of blindly troubleshooting the
intermittent failures and quirky nuances inherent to X-10 for the next 10
years or so. Most X-10 controllers, as designed, put out a piss poor signal,
and you will never completely remove all sources of interference. Think of
X-10 as whispering to someone across a table at a noisy restaurant; they
won't always hear you- But, if you whisper into an amplified bullhorn, they
WILL always hear you.

AMPLIFY IT AND COUPLE THE PHASES.


<mike2711@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1130173614.952861.54070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This morning the transformers failed to turn off. I took a module which
> was in the "off" position and plugged one of the transformers in, using
> the same house code, in a powered outlet. So at this point I had one
> transformer on and one transformer off. If the Leviton sent the "off"
> command at dawn, once I trick the photocell to think it was dark it
> should have sent the "on" command to the module. It didn't. Once I
> uncovered the photocell, it sent the "off" command. So.....the Leviton
> 6308 photocell doesn't reliably send the "off" command every morning!
> I've wasted some money on filters, etc. I guess my alternative is just
> to use an X10 timer (not very practical) or a Powerlinc 1132CU (more
> practical). Are these reliable? I have read where they don't keep
> accurate time, etc. I had bad experiences with the CM11 in the past...
>