[Coco] further adventures with plug'n'power/x10

[Sean]

I had to stop using X10 modules for my living room lights when I
switched to CFL bulbs.  I noticed that even with them off, in a dark
room you notice them flickering on and off.  No idea whether it's bad
for the bulb or not, but it was enough to be annoying.   This was with
on/off appliance modules, not the light modules with several dimming
levels.

Although a quick search just resulted in finding that X10 may have re
engineered new modules to solve this problem.


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Stephen Castello <zootzoot at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:29:58 -0400, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk out:
>
>>The x10 outlets I ordered finally showed up, so I tried some things
>>with the CoCo today.
>>
>
> A UPS in the same outlet can block the X10 signal.  The filtering in a
> APC UPS does this.
>
> A power strip with filtering can block the signal.
>
> If the module is on one leg and the control signal is on the other,
> the signal may not get there unless something is using 220v. Turn on
> the stove/oven/dryer to test for this.  www.smarthome.com has several
> gadgets that fixes this.
>
> Do they work with a standard x10 controller like:
> http://www.smarthome.com/4030A/X10-Mini-Controller-X10-X-10-Remote-Control-Keypad-MC10A/p.aspx
>
>
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> Stephen
>
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