Re: X10 Controller Question

["Brian Staff" <brianstaffRemoveMe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> OK.  That's a lot more information.  Clearly you want a way to remotely
> turn
> that pump on when you're covered with dust and need to take a shower in
> the
> middle of the day, outside of the normal hot water schedule.  But you've
> introduced a bit of new wrinkle, I think.  If you put the pump on X-10,
> you
> would have to account for the timer and that might get sticky.  Power the
> timer via X-10, and the timer no longer works correctly, only when the
> X-10
> outlet is powered.  Downstream of the timer and the X-10 remote only works
> when the timer is running and there's power to the circuit.  Can you
> describe the wiring of the manual switch to us?  That's where you're going
> to have to have your remote control active - to mimic the push of a human
> finger.

The pumps were just plugged into a 110 outlet. I bought a digital timer from
Home Depot which just sits between the pump cord and the 110 outlet. If I
were to install an X10 remote and obtain a new controller with LEDs, I would
disconnect the timer. We would just control the pump manually from inside
the house.

Brian