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Re: Justify Upgrade from X-10 to Z-Wave?



Tom, your house uses two legs, 110 volts each and is balanced between
the two. In your breaker panel the breakers are A-B-A-B... going down
each row of breakers. The best place for the XTB-IIR is at the panel but
any location wired for 220 will do.

"Tom" <donot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I read both of your reviews. They answered quite a few questions and
>addressed several concerns. Right now, all my modules work anywhere in
>the house (when conditions are ideal) which makes me assume that all
>the outlets are on the same leg such that coupling between the two legs
>isn't necessary - is this a correct assumption? Assuming that the house
>is all on one leg, could I not install, using a standard wall plug and
>outlet, the XTB-IIR anywhere in the house?
>
> The articles are a big help in allaying my fears of coughing big bucks
> for hard-wired switches and the like. I've had some problems with them
> in the past but lacked a real understanding of causes of failures.
> Thanks for replying and the articles. I wish the signal was strong
> enough to switch off my neighbor's terrawatt floodlight system off at
> night.
>
> Tom
>
> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Rd6dnXdxIov6SP7VnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx
>> "Tom" <insync50@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9vN8k.12820$3F5.7046@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Is there any reason for this product over, for example, Leviton's
>> HCA02-10E
>>> Amplifier/Coupler/Repeater?
>>
>> There's almost *every* reason.  (-:
>>
>> I own both.  The XTB just works and works but the HCA02-10E locked up
>> nearly
>> once a week.  The XTB outputs a repeated signal at 25+V and the HCAr
>> somewhere around 5V.  That alone blows the doors off the Leviton
>> product
>> since the XTB signal can overcome lots more noise and signal sucking
>> than
>> the much weaker output of the Leviton HCA.  Lots of other features
>> too,
>> including Jeff Volp's technical support for the product.
>>
>> After about three weeks of resetting the HCA (when it locked up, NONE
>> of the
>> lights in the house would work!  VERY low SAF) I put it in the junk
>> box.
>> Make me an offer.  (-:  Check out my recent review of the XTB at:
>>
>> http://www.hometoys.com/ezine/08.04/green/xtb.htm
>>
>> --
>> Bobby G.
>>
>>
>
>




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