Re: Insteon receptacles?

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All the Insteon, ICON and Switchlinc plug-in modules use the same
housings with various openings as needed.
 The Insteon and ICON wall switches are only 1" deep - about the same a
standard switch. Both use the same housing with the only difference
being the paddle bezel and number of LEDs.  The back is clear so you can
see that they also share the same circuitry. It is obvious that these
are the same units with different feature sets. Perhaps the ICONs are
missing a chip or maybe it's just a firmware difference.

From:Robert Green
ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx

> The SmartHome devices have always struck me as a little too big to
> cram into an outlet box successfully.
>
> --
> Bobby G.
>
> "Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:43e0abc4.30544984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Does the ICON use Switchlinc plastics?
>>
>> Another factor may be that the volume of X-10 business that
>> SmartHome has done historically gives them reliable projections of
>> market demand for a specific device. If the projected demand is low
>> and it requires new plastics it's likely to have a low priority.
>>
>> "BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I have no inside info so I don't really know when or even if they
>>> will offer them but I can't see any reason that they couldn't if
>>> they thought there was a market for them.  As for WHY they don't
>>> have them now, if you look at the Insteon products released to
>>> date, you'll notice that they are using all the same housings and
>>> plastics as for their X10 Switchlinc products. Since they never had
>>> a Switchlinc outlet they will have to do the plastics for that
>>> which takes some time and money. Probably just not at the top of
>>> the list yet.
>>>
>>> From:Fabrizio Santini
>>> biziosan@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>> BruceR wrote:
>>>>> Not yet
>>>>>
>>>>> From:Fabrizio Santini
>>>>> biziosan@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was wondering if there is any Insteon enabled wall receptacle
>>>>>> out there. Something similar to the ones available for X10.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do you think they are going to be available soon? What's the
>>>> problem of building Insteon enabled receptacles?