Re: X-10 Broadcast Storm Detector

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> "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.

Sounds like a plan!

> >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.

I saw a number of AC transformers at Allelectronics:

http://www.allelectronics.com/matrix/AC_Wall_Transformers.html

but none of them are quite right.  The ACTX-1050 for $3 each is in the right
price range but they are only 10VAC.  I might give one a try with my next
order from Allelectronics since I'll need some other components from them
and the incremental shipping costs for additional items is always quite
reasonable.

--
Bobby G.