[Shop-talk] X-10 help

[gordies garage]

You may also have interference elsewhere in the house.  My refrigerator 
caused intermittant problems with my system until I put a filter on it.  As 
mentioned, flouresent lights can be a problem.  I still have a couple of 
intermittant devices, one has been traced to a faulty Leviton wall 
controller, known problem, just no $$$ or motivation to fix it right now.
A labor intensive troubleshoot is to unplug individually any suspect 
interference causers (fridge, furnace, well/sump pumps, flour lights, etc) 
and check the operation of the switch each time.  Once you locate the 
culprit the fix should be fairly easy.

HTH
Gordie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <eric at megageek.com>
To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] X-10 help


> Thanks, but the problem is that this is an incandescent fixture (3 bulbs.)
> All the bulbs are good.
>
> Does anyone know if there is troubleshooting equipment for X10  (excuse to
> buy some tools.)  8>)
>
> Moose
> Everything I know about knots, I learned from Alexander the Great.
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> John Innis <jdinnis at gmail.com>
> 06/22/2009 07:34
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> Trevor Boicey <trevor at boicey.com>
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> Re: [Shop-talk] X-10 help
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> I used to have a flourescent light with a cheap electronic ballast
> that would cause all sorts of problems for my X-10 system.  I bought a
> filter from Smart home and wired it into the fixture.  It solved the
> issue for a while, then the crappy ballast finally gave out.  After I
> installed a good magnetic ballast, the filter was no longer needed.
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Trevor Boicey<trevor at boicey.com> wrote:
>> eric at megageek.com wrote:
>>>
>>> When it doesn't work, I have used remotes, "all unit off" devices, and
> the
>>> button on the switch.  This leads me to believe that it has to do with
> the
>>> bulbs.  But I don't know how to troubleshoot this issue any further.
> Again,
>>> it works correctly about 20% of the time, so it's not a complete
> failure.
>>
>>  Interference is also a concern. My wife used to have a computer that
> would
>> knock out X-10 whenever it was turned on.
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