Re: No X-10 in dining room

[David White <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

JimH wrote:
> I just moved into a brand new house. My X10 stuff came along and just
> plugged in and worked. The only problem is with my dining room. Nothing
> works in there. Well, almost nothing. I have a chime that did work in
> that room.
>
> I have a small lamp with an attached lamp module that I can carry
> around, and I've tested every outlet in the dining room, and other
> rooms. Only the dining room seems to have any problems.
>
> I initially thought it might be a phase problem with that room, but I
> added a 4 prong dryer phase coupler. That had no affect other than to
> stop the chime from working. It was pretty difficult moving the dryer to
> install it, so I'm not planning on removing it.
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> Jim

Is there any other electrical device operating on the circuit? I found
that my new digital tv caused interference that kept x10 from working in
the general area. I purchased a plug-in filter unit and that fixed it.