I have a Smarthome Smartlinc switch and a PowerLinc 1132 controller. In our area when we have storms, we get a few "auto-reclosures" on our electrical utility. That is, lightning strikes the primary (high voltage 44 kV) line somewhere, and our power goes out for just under 1 second until the substation breaker closes again. With a house full of electronics, I've never experienced any damage at all. No signs of a power surge. Just a quick OFF then back ON again. It is almost perfectly timed to make those outdoor motion lights turn on as if you deliberately flicked the switch quickly to turn them on manually. Anyway, within a month of when I received the Smartlinc switch, I noticed it would no longer respond to it's programmed house and unit code. It reset to A1. This happened a few more times before I realized that it was related to the electrical utility reclosures. I have whole house surge suppression too.
Then recently, we had another storm roll through with a few more of these quick outages. Now my PowerLinc controller no longer responds to X10. OK on the USB side. No damage to *any* other equipment.
Anyone else been having trouble with Smarthome products being sensitive to utility power glitches?
RF Dude