Re: is it possible for x10 signal bridge to fail?

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xo-dnS4u57tC82jfRVn-oQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ok, thanks.  Is there one particular brand of passive bridge to be
preferred
> to another?

Most people find it preferable to switch to an active coupler a.k.a. a
repeater.  That's because more and more consumer products (compatc
fluorescents bulbs, UPSs and switching power supplies) are turning out to be
X-10 signal suckers.  An investment in a repeater now might save lots of
trouble in the future like having to buy lots of filters or calling the
electrician back to installer a repeater.  Both ACT and Leviton make units
in the under $100 range.

Check Smarthome for a plug-in unit.  You can get either a repeater or a
coupler in a model that plugs into a 220VAC outlet.  Not as good as a panel
mounted unit, but good enough.  Saves on calling in the electrican.

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Bobby G.