Does any wall dimmer have overload protection?
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Posted by peter on April 8, 2008, 7:46 am
Please log in for more thread options This allows me to turn on/off the lamp from a remote and from the wall switch. Currently, this wall swtich is x10. Based on past experience, if I accidently plug in a vacuum cleaner into the switched outlet (there are two in this room), it would fry the dimmer. I'm about to replace this wall dimmer with an insteon or z-wave based dimmer. Do any of these offer better protection against overload (vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, etc)? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by BruceR on April 8, 2008, 8:03 am
Please log in for more thread options If the reason you're switching from X10 is for signal reliability let me suggest that you try one of Jeff Volp's XTB-IIR units first. It is a truly amazing device that is far better than any repeater/booster/coupler solution you may have tried. I switched to Insteon before the XTB-IIR came out but I still put one in and run some X10 devices with it. In my new second home I'm putting in all the X10 stuff I took out along with an XTB-IIR and I don't expect any problems. The new technologies are nice but a bit cumbersome to manage and none of them offer a truly sophisticated whole house controller. peter wrote: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Marc_F_Hult on April 8, 2008, 8:57 am
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>Peter,
> > If the reason you're switching from X10 is for signal reliability let >me suggest that you try one of Jeff Volp's XTB-IIR units first. It is a >truly amazing device that is far better than any >repeater/booster/coupler solution you may have tried. Jeff's X-10 troubleshooting suggestions are also excellent and much/most also applies to INSTEON. HTH ... Marc Visit my ongoing Home Automation and Electronics Internet Porch Sale at www.ECOntrol.org/porch_sale.htm Marc_F_Hult www.ECOntrol.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John J. Bengii on April 8, 2008, 12:42 pm
Please log in for more thread options I don't have any answers, as below, but I am not trying to sell you anything
either. >
>>Peter,
>> >> If the reason you're switching from X10 is for signal reliability let >>me suggest that you try one of Jeff Volp's XTB-IIR units first. It is a >>truly amazing device that is far better than any >>repeater/booster/coupler solution you may have tried. >
> Jeff's X-10 troubleshooting suggestions are also excellent and much/most > also applies to INSTEON. > > HTH ... Marc > > Visit my ongoing Home Automation and Electronics Internet Porch Sale at > www.ECOntrol.org/porch_sale.htm > > Marc_F_Hult > www.ECOntrol.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by BruceR on April 8, 2008, 3:40 pm
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John J. Bengii wrote: > I don't have any answers, as below, but I am not trying to sell you
John, Please understand that I am not trying to sell anything either - I
> anything either. > have nothing to sell. I do not sell any HA products and I get no commission or discounts from Jeff Volp in recommending his product. I recommended it here because it's a heck of a lot cheaper to buy one XTB-IIR than replace a housefull of switches and modules and, from my personal experience, it may very well solve his problems. I think that there is a difference between recommending a product from personal experience and "trying to sell" something. Don't you? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
> lamp into. This allows me to turn on/off the lamp from a remote and
> from the wall switch.
>
> Currently, this wall swtich is x10. Based on past experience, if I
> accidently plug in a vacuum cleaner into the switched outlet (there
> are two in this room), it would fry the dimmer.
>
> I'm about to replace this wall dimmer with an insteon or z-wave based
> dimmer. Do any of these offer better protection against overload
> (vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, etc)?