Re: X10 replacement?

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:20:53 GMT, Joerg
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[Good ideas on circuit design snipped.]

>
>It doesn't have to retail at $12.99 a pop. $19.99 is usually the magic
>threshold beyond which consumers become a bit hesitant. As long as those
>extra $7 buy a substantial reliability improvement I believe this could fly.


Exactly! As in, "$19.9x is _exactly_ the cost of an INSTEON ICON dimmer" !

>
>> Lightolier introduced the concept and sold the Compose PLC (X-10) system
>> based on large, expensive hardware to filter and segment the home AC
>> distribution.
>>
>>
http://www.lightolier.com/index.jsp?FLASH=1&FL=releases/PRComposePLC.htm&A=208&B=233
>>
>> It was (see this thread's subject) an evolutionary "X10 replacement".
>>
>> My limited perspective is that it seems to have had a short run in the
>> marketplace and then seems to have mostly declined. I don't have any
>> experience with it. Maybe someone in c.h.a else does and can pipe up.
>>
>
>That link didn't work but the Lightolier site is still up. For controls
>it points to this site:
>http://www.lolcontrols.com/


Works for me.

 [snip]
>
>Sure. But most of the folks who'd buy this are also married ;-)
>
>If I came home with $1000 worth of stuff and tell her that it'll
>(hopefully) work better than this X10 I'd be read the riot act...

Trick is to combine your house and *non-toy* HA infrastructure investment in
the same mortgage. In that context, $1K is below noise threshold in the price
range for median US/Canadian/European homes.

My six cents ... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
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