Re: 2 100amp panel coupler help needed

["carlford" <carlford@xxxxxxx>]

Dan Lanciani,
Like the others here I have been a fan of yours for over 9 years and
thanks for looking at my problem.  Phil suggested the following in this
cut and paste from his email to me.

" As far as you question on "the 2 100amp panel installation ???", I
wrote most of those old articles from 1996 through 2001.  My
responsibilities have since changed and I am no longer in that
position.

However, having said that, let me see if I can give you some things to
consider.
1.  First, unless you know that you have a problem with noise or
signals coming "onto" your house from the outside, I would not suggest
using the filter-blocks.
2.  If your two 100-amp panels are side-by-side and fed from the same
transformer (and, most likely, the same meter), you should be able to
treat them as one big 200 amp panel.
3.  If you can (and you are willing to experiment, and you answered
'true' to the two conditions above), order a CR234 and have your
electrician remove the two filter-blocks and the 6201, then install the
CR234 into one of the panels.  It probably will not matter which panel,
but if I was forced to make a choice, I would put it on the panel with
the most X-10 controlled devices.
4.  Please be aware that your problem also could be noise or some other
signal related issue, but buying a new CR234 is less expensive than
buying (and then trying to learn how to use) the necessary test
equipment.  Plus, it is far less expensive than hiring me to
troubleshoot it for you.  Therefore, I am basing my recommendation only
on the information you have provided.

   Good luck, and I hope we are both right. "

As far as the difference when moving the 6201 from panel A to B the
only thing I can think of is that CM15A and Comfort's Tw523 are located
on circuits in panel A.

Dave,

As always appreciate you keeping up with this.  There are 60+ recievers
and all of them are X-10's.  I also think the 6201 would ping pong with
a CR234 also simply because I know first hand that they will do so with
a simpler PR511 under certain conditions.

I will look up Tom Morgan on worthington's discussions and see if he
has any input.  I had read some of his articles and did not see an
exact setup like this but I will ask him anyway and let him know of
this discussion over here.

Frank,

Thanks again and as you look at this where would you suggest the
Blocker be put in panel A, panel B or before the Y   ????.



As I hear from others I will post their replies or excerpts of them
here to keep everyone interested informed.

Thanks Again to all interested and concerned.

Carl Ford