Why cling to old X10?
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Posted by RickH on September 11, 2007, 11:37 pm
Please log in for more thread options mesh networks available like zwave, insteon, etc.? Reading through the past posts there are so many war stories with X10, at what point are these headaches no longer worth it? I waited 3 years to install the switches/load handlers in my basement remodel, simply because I had had enough with X10 and ACT's A10 and I knew other mesh products were coming. I'm glad I waited and wonder why others continue to patch a leaky boat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John, SW Missouri on September 12, 2007, 12:07 am
Please log in for more thread options Every so often there might be a small glitch, but basically it's always been at least 99.9% reliable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert Green on September 12, 2007, 6:10 am
Please log in for more thread options And IIRC, you rebuilt your home after a tornado and still chose X-10 as the protocol of choice, even though that would have been the ideal time to move up to something different. The bottom line to the "why use it?" is that it does indeed work most of the time and then next serious step up in reliability carries a price tag that IMHO, doesn't compare favorably. IOW, paying four times as much for a light switch doesn't translate into four times as reliable. Once I found a source for X-10 filters for $5 each, I didn't feel so badly about factoring in the cost of a filter for all the UPSs, PC's and switch mode supplies I run into. If you're willing to buy an XTB, a few filters and a good X-10 meter, the X-10 world is quite tameable. Look at how quickly Bruce solved his glitch. Sure it would be nice if X-10 were immune to switch-mode power supplies, but since they didn't exist when X-10 was invented, it was hard for the designers to forsee the problems those power supplies would cause. -- Bobby G. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob F on September 12, 2007, 10:02 pm
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> Once I found a source for X-10 filters for $5 each,
OK. You got me. Where? Bob | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert Green on September 13, 2007, 12:16 am
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> > Once I found a source for X-10 filters for $5 each,
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> OK. You got me. Where? Ebay, of course. There are number of vendors who sell them for around that price. I got mine at one vendor's 30% off Labor Day sale. Beware of the few that don't offer shipping discounts for multiple items. I can't believe I was paying $17 a whack from Worthington. )-: I think a number of on-line vendors are closing out their X-10 inventories, thus the low prices. Oddly enough, I couldn't find an equally good price for 3P Appliance modules. More moving part and components, I assume, makes for a higher wholesale price. Contact me off-line if you can't find any and I'll point you to the vendor I use. -- Bobby G. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Why cling to old X10? | September 11, 2007, 11:37 pm |
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> Every so often there might be a small glitch, but basically it's
> always been at least 99.9% reliable.