Re: X10 noise issue

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Buy an ELK ESM1. If you don't want to spend the $50-60 then
www.AutomatedOutlet.com will loan you one. It will eliminate the guesswork.

What appliances or other devices do you have that might only run during the
affected hours?

jim.mccroskey_at_dexmedia_dot_com@xxxxxxx (jmccros) wrote:

>Did you ever solve this. I am having exactly the same issue. At around
>10am modules start reacting intermittently and it clears up around 7pm.
>It is so bad that if I plug the controller into a wall module that is 1/2
>controlled and the other 1/2 hot wired it would still not controll the
>switched side of the module.
>I believe this interferance must be coming from a nieghbors house.
>Any thoughts?
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>Art Todesco wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>> I thought I had solved a sudden change in X10 behavior, however, it
>> seems to be getting worse.  I thought I traced it down to a battery
>> charger which definitely had an effect, but that doesn't seem to be the
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>> case anymore.  The problem is that some "talker" can't get to
>> "listener"
>> but can get to others.  One channel (a wall switch module) just seems
>> to
>> turn on randomly.  It is then very difficult to turn it off via X10.
>> You have to actually use the wall switch.  BTW, earlier in the day I
>> could turn it on from one of the 16 button manual controller, however,
>> some times it would take 2 or 3 tries before it would succeed.  It
>> seems
>> to change from hour to hour ... seems worse in the evening, best in the
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>> morning and mid afternoon.  Can noise be coming in from outside the
>> house?  Does anyone have an experience with the so-called whole house
>> noise blocker/couplers like Smarthome PZZ01?  This is starting to drive
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>> us nuts!  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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