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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: dbemowsk on February 17, 2010, 08:04:27 PM
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I am having what I am sure are some noise issues with my setup. One of the biggest places is my garage where I have a fairly large chest freezer. The problems I have are things like my outside lights randomly coming on, and my garage door randomly opening. All of these devices are on the same house code. I would like to put a filter on the freezer, but I can't find on it anywhere where it shows how many amps it draws. Can anyone recommend a filter to put on this to eliminate my line noise?
Dan Bemowski
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I'll bet it's less than 15 amps, if that helps. When in doubt, I err that the outlet cannot exceed 20 amps.
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So, is there a filter that can take the load? I know an XPPF can't as it is only rated for 5A max.
Dan
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Most freezers are pretty simple units with just a compressor and a thermostat. Normal induction motors don't generate noise that will interfere with X10 communication. Unless it has some sort of high-efficiency electronic control, a freezer is not likely cause problems.
Jeff
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Thanks Jeff, that is good information to know. I had just assumed that since it had a motor and that many motors inherently cause noise that it could be part of my problem. I will try the filtering in other places, such as on my computers and TVs.
Dan B.
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If you do find you need a filter of a heavier duty.
Smarthome makes a five and ten amp version of their plug in FilterLinc.
ACT makes a plug in fifteen amp AF120
X10 Pro wired in twenty amp XPF