Re: N:Vision CFL's

[ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani)]

In article <q9kf0317i3cdn5u055493d09lrmoth12jc@xxxxxxx>, MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Marc_F_Hult) writes:

| I could install hot and neutral from the same breaker but I'd have to run all
| the way back to the entrance panel to do so in order to be safe and not
| violate code (as I understand it).

I'm not exactly sure what you mean here, but if you are talking about
bringing a second cable from an existing circuit all the way back to the
panel from which that circuit originates and connecting it to the same
breaker, this is (IMHO) not only not required but a very bad idea (though
possibly not prohibited).  It is easy for someone later to think that it
is a separate circuit when moving things around.

| Some locations still have X10 WS467s that I never pulled. I'll check to see
| if the n:vision 60-watts work there. If I use them in on-off mode (which was
| all the control I had locally anyway) I may be satisfied with reliability and
| performance.

I would be interested in the results.  I'm particularly interested in
a solution that works outside; I don't really care how long it takes
to come up to full brightness.

| Do you have any recommendations for moderately priced 2-wire wall
| switches/dimmers with better tactile response than the WS467?

One generation of the WS467 (maybe even the current one) uses an
actual switch component on the PC board rather than the tacky
contacts.  Unfortunately, while the switch does have some tactile
response, it seems to be a very low-quality part that fails nearly
as fast as the previous generation for contact strips.  (Some day
I want to find out why the even older generation of contact strips
worked so much better.  I still have switches from the 80's that
are fine.)  Anyway, since X10 has done most of the mechanical work
it might be possible to find a better switch that is a drop-in
replacement.

				Dan Lanciani
				ddl@danlan.*com