Is there an easy way to tell if it is a phase problem?
This might be more of a home wiring question (for an x10 beginner) I have two circuit breaker boxes in my house. Each box has 220V. I tested a Radio Shack appliance module and it worked in a couple outlets that were wired to one box but not to the second box. My understanding is the there should be 2 - 110V lines to each box and that an x10 signal will propogate along only one phase.
- Is there an easy way to tell if switches/outlets are on the same phase? I think if I pull the cover off the circuit breaker box, I should be able to see which breakers are tapped of the same line in - correct?
- Are the the two phases on each circuit box likely to be connected as far as the x10 signal goes or might I theoretically need 3 repeaters to link the four. It could require a lot of testing to isolate problems like this and I'm not sure it is worth it to me. I don't even know how I might link two separate boxes????
TIA.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by surethingthistime in General Home Automation
