Re: Jumper wiring Leviton 6284 / X10 PZZ01 Whole House Block

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Get an XTB-II to really solve your problem. No joke. It's the most
important piece of X10 technology to come out since the stuff was
invented. http://jeffvolp.home.att.net/x10xmtbuf/XTB-IIR_description.htm

 bthis wrote:
> Hello, I've been troubled by severe interference since installing X10
> on my two-leg 120v system.  I just installed a Leviton 6284 which
> reduced, but did not eliminate the noise.  I don't see a reply to
> your post. Is there a risk to placing a jumper from L3 to L2 or L1?
> Have you tried it long-term?
>
> I, too, am reluctant to burn my house down due to the potential
> negative consequences on my marital status and a few other reasons.
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> AlanTinNYC;26323 Wrote:
>> Hiya.  I wrote to this group around Thanksgiving with a bunch of
>> questions about filtering out PLC Noise coming into my Manhattan
>> apartment from elsewhere in the building.  Then I had to drop off for
>> a
>> while due to illness and some day-job issues needing greater
>> attention.
>> (See
>> http://tinyurl.com/2aqr4c
>> if you really want to review the gory story.)
>>
>> We're not quite done but have our issues about 98% resolved using a
>> number of solutions, and I will follow up on that thread at a later
>> date.  But I just need to check on something before I do any damage:
>>
>> I now have a Leviton 6284 Whole House block working along with a
>> Leviton 6285 Signal Attenuator to really bring down the noise level,
>> and a Leviton HCA02 booster to bring the cleaned, attenuated signal
>> back up.  The 6284 seems to be functioning better than the PZZ01 we
>> tried in November, but I don't know if the 6284 is designed better or
>> if I just had two bum PZZ01s to start with.
>>
>> 1)  IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL BETWEEN X-10 PRO'S PZZ01
>> AND LEVITON'S 6284?  Has any lab benchmarked their
>> performance?  Are they identical?
>>
>> 2)  The installation instructions are nearly identical
>> *except* that the PZZ01 instructions state "A jumper on
>> the PZZ01 is needed from L3 to L2 when installing into a
>> split-phase panel" and there is no corresponding
>> instruction from Leviton.  I asked Leviton about this
>> and they didn't know what I was referring to (or played
>> dumb about a competitor's product).  I did find, though,
>> that the 6284 performs better in my single split-phase
>> panel with L2 jumped to L3 than without the jumper.  The
>> ERROR light on the HCA02 still blinks, but the activity
>> on both my ELK ESM1 and TesterLinc meters dies down
>> dramatically.
>>
>> 3)  But on a hunch, I tried jumping L1 to L3 instead of L2
>> to L3, and now I get no error indications for the first
>> time in 9 months!  Assuming this had something to do
>> with the noise level coming in on the phase wired to L1
>> on the 6284's terminal block, I switched terminals so
>> that the phase jumped to the L3 terminal now was wired
>> to the L2 terminal (i.e., all according to the PZZ01
>> instructions), but my error indicators came back.
>>
>> In a nutshell, the 6284 sitting in my breaker panel performs best
>> when L1 is jumped to L3.  But jumping L1 to L3 is NOT DOCUMENTED in
>> the PZZ01 literature, and jumping terminals on the 6284 is not
>> documented by Leviton AT ALL.
>>
>> For safety's sake, I have the whole house block switched off until I
>> find out more.  My wife loves our new home and I am not about to burn
>> it down.  But can anyone confirm if it is safe to jump L1 to L3 on a
>> Leviton 6284?
>>
>> Thanks, all!
>>
>>
>> -- Alan T. in NYC