Re: is x10.com dead?

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"Dennis" <djr-google.djrlar@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jeff,
>
> Your comments regarding the use of the compact florescent lights and
> the inline filters got my attention. I am building a new house, and
> will be using these lights extensively and want them to be controllable
> through an HA system. Could you expand on your explination of how to
> make this setup more reliable.

Hi Dennis,

Some people have reported trouble using Compact Fluorescent bulbs.  We had a
problem ourselves with a Lights of America CF bulb perhaps 10 years ago.  A
Google search may turn up that report.  As I recall, that bulb had a
capacitor directly from the center contact to the screw base, and it placed
a heavy load on X10 signals in that circuit.  The fix was to add a RF choke
in series with the center conductor inside the bulb.  None of the other CF
bulbs we use have presented any significant problem.

Here I installed the small 5 amp Leviton 6287 "Noise Block" behind the
Leviton X10 switches in the circuits that feed our kitchen ceiling cans.
This 3 wire filter connects in series between the switch and the first light
socket.  The third wire is connected to the white common.  This filter is
designed to isolate those light sockets from the X10 network.  I don't know
if they were necessary, but I would rather design a reliable system than
fight possible reliability problems later.

Jeff