Re: Survey: Home Control Software

["John J. Bengii" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The old problem is the wall receiver switch. It ceases to work in the
deep cold even from manual X10 controllers. I have changed it a few
times for other units to no avail. Now that's just weird as it is
mounted in the interior wall and should have some heat leakage into
it. Perhaps the condensation?

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:476e3c30.421773765@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Batteries lose their "oomph" rapidly as the temperature drops (and
> recover
> when they warm up). A few people have run tests using their freezers
> and
> posted their results. To begin with, the X-10 motion sensors are not
> top
> shelf in terms of quality. There are more costly (but non-X10)
> motion
> detectors designed for outdoor, cold weather use but all have
> problems at
> really low temperatures - 'tis the nature of the beast.
> >
> "John J. Bengii" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>- I found wireless X10 motion detectors do not work well in the
>>cold.
>>Not the batteries, unless just weaker. They begin to work better as
>>the weather warms up (garage wall)
>>
>