Re: X10 RF equipment - is there a difference between UK and US gear?

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Has anyone outside North America tried plugging a TM751 or RR501 into one
of those 240V->120V travel voltage adapters - the ones that are actually
transformers (usually autotransformers) and not switching converters?

I imagine the question is whether there's enough coupling between
primary and secondary at 120KHz without having to add capacitance.


On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:51:19 +0000, Dave Houston wrote:

> Your transceivers will only work with European transmitters.
>
> You can modify a transceiver made for the USA to work with 230V. You can
> find plans on the web.
>
> For input to a PC, the MR26A (310MHz) and MR26E(433.92MHz) are powered from
> the RS232 port so no conversion is needed.
>
> keiron99@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>
>>Dave Houston wrote:
>>> You haven't provided enough detail about which gear you want them to work
>>> with.
>>>
>>> The RF frequency used in North America is 310MHz. Europe uses 433.92MHz.
>>> (Until about 5-6 years ago the UK used 418MHz but since then uses
>>> 433.92MHz.) European devices that receive RF will not work with devices that
>>> transmit 310MHz.
>>>
>>
>>Looks like my plan won't work then!  I just have basic dimmer switches,
>>lamp modules and RF trasceivers and key fobs.
>>
>>Rip off Britain...