Re: Water heater eating X-10 signal

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"Dan Lanciani" <ddl@danlan.*com> wrote in message
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> In article <tqSUh.312813$5j1.241452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> JeffVolp@xxxxxxx (Jeff Volp) writes:
>
> | A heavy electrical load across the two phases normally helps X10 signal
> | distribution, so there must be something more here than just the heater
> | element.
>
> He mentioned that he has an "active phase coupler."  If by that he
> means what we normally call a repeater and if the repeater is of a
> design that drives the two legs out of phase then a heavy leg-to-leg
> load will diminish the apparent signal level as the carriers interfere
> destructively.

Hi Dan,

I had thought of that, but I didn't think any repeater would drive the two
legs out of phase due to that exact issue.  Any 240V resistive load, such as
a dryer or stove, would squash the signal.  But it is possible...

Jeff