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>I wouldn't necessarily say I'm biased but, yes, I definitely have no
>love lost toward PLC.  (Ok....I'm biased.)  My x10 network is working
>acceptably at the moment.  But I can't understand why a module location
>can work fine for months and then become useless.  It seems to happen
>once or twice a year and bugs the heck out of me because the family
>always comes to me to complain about it.  Regarding sweet spots, I
>definitely do find dead spots even with my repeatered signal bridge.
>I'm not sure their cause is as simple as a capacitor between hot and
>neutral.  More likely it's line noise from a switching power supply.

Noise is frequently blamed but is seldom the culprit. A capacitor is far
more likely. A $50 ESM1 meter will usually find a noise source.


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