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Title: Noise problem on aquarium lighting.
Post by: awesomapowa on October 23, 2006, 12:53:40 AM

HI,

I have read several tutorials on phase coupling and power line noise and I have a few questions.

First, here is my problem.

I have 15 X10 modules (9 2-prong and 6 3-prong, all one-way). I can turn all of them off and on with no issues. However, if I turn on a power intensive light like my 96Wattx2 compact flourescents or my 150watt Metal Halide lights then I am unable to turn anything on or off.

I am assuming that this is due to noise in the line. My question is about filters. Where would I put a fliter in this situation? I read that all of the x-10 modules must be on the same side of the filter. Does this mean that I plug my power strips into the filter and then the filter into the wall? That wouldnt seem right because then the controller would have to send signals through the filter which wont work...so, advice is needed!

Thanks

Josh

Title: Re: Noise problem on aquarium lighting.
Post by: Charles Sullivan on October 23, 2006, 02:07:21 AM

Plug your "noisy" lamp into a filter; plug the filter into the X10 module; plug the X10 module into the wall receptacle.

If your two noisy lamps are to be individually controlled via X10, you'll need two filters.

Title: Re: Noise problem on aquarium lighting.
Post by: vhoang on October 23, 2006, 11:32:45 AM

What Charles said.

X10 Devices talk to each other using the powerline.   You basically want to put a wall between the noise source and the powerline.  Once noise is on the line, there's little you can do to remove it.

To protect other X10:
CF Lamp | Noise Filter | PowerLine

To Control the CF Lamp:
CF Lamp | Noise Filter | X10 Module | PowerLine

Title: Re: Noise problem on aquarium lighting.
Post by: awesomapowa on October 24, 2006, 01:40:01 AM

Great. Thanks for the help!

Josh