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

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Tom" <insync50@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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

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Bobby G.