Re: Whole house block

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"martin" <martin.reynolds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1178748295.185318.49750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My whole house block (PZZ01) is now sitting on my neutral line. I did
> look inside it before I installed it. A few RF coils, an address
> switch wheel (?) and the ferrite assembly.
>
> Anybody ever taken one of these things apart and figured out how they
> are intended to work? I also have an XTB II on order, and have to
> figure out how to set all this up.
>
> My working hypotheses is that I will get best results from simply
> shorting L1, L2, L3 and neutral together at the device (i.e. not wired
> to the breakers), creating a blocking  filter for incoming (and
> outoing) X10 signals. Then I can rely on either the XTB II alone, or a
> one-legged XTB II and my existing active coupler.

We have one here, and the XTB-II works just fine with the Leviton 6284 /
PZZ01 connected per the diagram.  One dual-pole breaker feeds that, the
whole house surge protector, and the XTB-II.  I don't know how effective it
is keeping the XTB signals from leaving the house.

Jeff