Re: Leviton Intellisense Vs Others

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd be a little concerned about having all your large loads on one leg
and just a lot of little ones on the other. Load balancing is important.

From:Jeff Volp
JeffVolp@xxxxxxx

>>
> Clearly a lot of people have trouble with X10.  We've got the older
> Leviton Intellisense "red line" switches here, and they work with
> 100% reliability.
>
> Since you are building a new house, there are a couple of things you
> can do to make it X10 friendly:
>
> 1)  I had the electrician route one circuit throughout the main level
> for all electronic gear that is likely to be either a noise source or
> signal sucker.  That circuit is fed through the 20 amp ACT AF300
> filter.  I also have the option of running that circuit off a big UPS
> so all electronic gear pretty much isolated from line transients.
>
> 2)  We use compact fluorescents in ceiling cans.  We installed the
> small Leviton 6287 noise blocks after the X10 switches for all
> circuits feeding these lights.
>
> 3)  We planned the electrical circuits so all circuits that could
> possibly use X10 automation are on the same phase.  The other phase
> runs things like the furnace, dishwasher, microwave, laundry, etc.
>
> With that all done, we did have two X10 problems:
>
> The first outlet I plugged the TW523 into didn't work properly.  An
> adjacent outlet on the same circuit in either direction worked fine.
> Adding a Leviton line filter to the offending outlet solved the
> problem, but the cause was never understood.  I scoped the signal
> with and without the filter, and saw no change in the waveform.
>
> The other problem is that once in a blue moon a lamp module in our
> living room misses the OFF command.  It might be related to the CF
> bulb it serves. Since it only happens every few months, I haven't
> bothered pursuing it.
>
> We issue hundreds of X10 commands every day to control lights,
> irrigation, water recirculation, vent fans, shop tools, etc. It is a
> rare occasion when something doesn't work.  That's pretty dang good
> reliability in my book.
>
> Jeff