snipped-for-privacy@whocares.com (Dave Houston) wrote in news:44178bdb.350742062 @nntp.fuse.net:
Yes. When I first installed Insteon, I was discouraged to find major reliability problems. My ESM1 pinpointed a major noise issue with my under- counter low-voltage "puck" lights whenever they were switched on. I changed them to very similar LINE-voltage puck lights, but while changing them, I uncovered a problem in the wiring that had the ground wire in contact with the neutral wire. I went ahead with the swap anyway (and fixed the wiring), but of course it ocurred to me that the bad wiring may have been the culprit all along - especially since the same lights in another location did not seem to introduce any noise at all.
Anyway, my Insteon system has performed perfectly ever since. Now I'm just waiting for wireless remotes, motion sensors, and universal modules in Insteon.
I would agree with fpmacko that, with -any- PLC type system, you will have to be somewhat mindfull of noise. However, RF is far from perfect as well, and Insteon is much better than X10 and I like the idea that EVERY Insteon device is a PL signal repeater as well. Now that every switch in my house is Insteon, my house blanketed with close to 60 signal repeaters and reliablity is rock solid.
Jim H.