Re: X-10, GFCI, outdoor lights & problems

["brobin" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

GFCI brekers can cause problem. I tried both an appliance and lamp switch on
a GFCI breaker protected pool light and the breaker would pop everytime. I
used a relay controlled by a modified appliance module and it worked fine.

<neergqj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have searched the archives, and I have seen anecdotal issues. Here is
> my situation:
>
> Today I installed 5 outdoor 120v light fixtures (porch lights). Two are
> fed from an existing wall switch that I replaced with an X-10 switch.
> The remaining 3 lights are on a new extension of a circuit downstream
> of a brand new GFCI.
>
> All 5 lights are on the same code (I-9). When I send the "on" code from
> inside (from a PHC02 maxi controller), the on and off are somewhat
> sporadic.  The non-GFCI circuit responds as directed and the downstream
> X-10 reciever does not alway "hear" the instruction.
>
> If I plug the transmitter in downstream of the GFCI it all seems fine.
>
> Is there a GFCI/X-10 signal issue? If so, how do I work around?  I
> could change the wiring so that the 3 lights downstream of the GFCI are
> fed from a different non-GFCI circuit.
>
> What do you think?
>