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From: sewilco@datapg.MN.ORG (Scot E Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens,sci.electronics,misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: bsr x-10 for sprinklers, et al
Message-ID: <17436@datapg.MN.ORG>
Date: 14 Aug 89 03:26:44 GMT
References: <331@ringwood.Morgan.COM> <153@nwnexus.WA.COM <3387@internal.Apple.COM> <5318@ttidca.TTI.COM>
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In article <5318@ttidca.TTI.COM> tompkins@ttidca.TTI.COM (Pete Tompkins) writes:
>My sprinkler valves require 400ma to start and 200ma to hold open, so a
>1/2 amp transformer is quite adequate, and probably cheaper than a
>relay scheme.

As the X-10 appliance module and the transformer can both be UL-listed
items, this solution probably keeps the insurance company happier than
a homemade (pun intended) relay-based circuit.
-- 
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