Re: Home automation newbie questions

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:02:13 -0700, "rlsusenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<NoSuchPerson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
<46687256$0$19531$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>
>Make sure you buy NON-DIMMING outlets or wall switches, such as the
>SR227 or WS13A, respectively.  You'll have lots less problems that way.

As I understand it, dimming a standard receptacle would be a violation of
the US National Electrical code  110-3(B)+ 404.14(E) and bad practice to
boot (Note: I copied this citation from a previous c.h.a post of mine --
and I don't entirely trust them ol' usenet posts --even my own ;-)

And ABIK, there has never been an X-10 duplex outlet (or A-10 or Z-wave or
Zigbee or INSTEON) that "dims".

The only code-compliant solution I know of for a "dimmed outlet" is a
Lutron solution that uses non-standard (non-Edison) plugs and sockets.

... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org