General X10 question

[Gargamil]

What eats the signals from my Ocelot? I know if I plug my laptop into the
same power point as a lamp module I cannot turn on that light. What other
gear eats X10 signals.

g

[Dave Houston]

See...

http://www.mbx-usa.com/noise.htm

This is much easier to troubleshoot with something like the ELK ESM1 but I'm
not aware of any resonably priced 230V X-10 meter devices.

However, you should be able to use an ESM1 by replacing its 120:12VAC
transformer with a 230:12VAC transformer and then adjusting it (internal
potentiometer) to give a fullscale reading on a strong signal.

"Gargamil" <wooble@tpgi.com.au> wrote:

>What eats the signals from my Ocelot? I know if I plug my laptop into the
>same power point as a lamp module I cannot turn on that light. What other
>gear eats X10 signals.

[Charles Sullivan]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:27:10 +1000, Gargamil wrote:

> What eats the signals from my Ocelot? I know if I plug my laptop into the
> same power point as a lamp module I cannot turn on that light. What other
> gear eats X10 signals.
>
> g

It's probably a matter of the laptop power supply generating
enough RF noise on the power line that the X10 signal is swamped.
A lot of appliances with switching power supplies will do this -
including some TV's, UPS's, stereos.

Regards,
Charles Sullivan