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Re: X10 Passive Couplers
Jeff,
Any plans for a 240 Volt, 50 Hertz version of the XTB for those of us
outside the US?
Regards,
Ross.
Jeff Volp wrote:
> When using the XTB in a house with X10 devices on both phases, a good
> passive coupler should be installed to propagate the strong XTB output
> signal to the other phase. The inexpensive .1uF capacitor often recommended
> is NOT a good match for the XTB. That has a capacitive reactance of 13 ohms
> at 120KHz, and is barely adequate to transfer the energy from a normal X10
> transmitter. It will also not discriminate between X10 signal and line
> noise, and will couple any high frequency line noise directly across the
> phases.
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