Re: X-10 Broadcast Storm Detector

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>All of the various power supplies I've assembled from the junk bin have
>quite a variety of non-standard connectors.  I am going to chop them off and
>wire them all to a 4 pole, 6 position rotary switch (still new in the bag
>from when Lafayette went belly up and they were selling stuff like that 5
>for a dollar!) that will feed into the ESM1 head.  Then I'll set up a nearby
>TM751 on an unused housecode and use a big spring clip to lock a PalmPad
>into continuous send.  We'll see what the signal looks like as I step
>through the different wall warts.  Any ideas how I can attenuate the signal
>from the stronger transformers so that they can be calibrated to give close
>to the same readings?

Wait to see whether you can see any difference.

>Do you really think the ESM1 needs a 500mA supply, or that's just what was
>handy and available?  Based on the very low heat it generates, I don't see
>it using anywhere near that current.

I doubt it uses anywhere near 500mA but it makes little economic sense to
build smaller Class 2 transformers.