Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!gvgpsa!gold!grege
From: grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: x-10 controllers
Message-ID: <1158@gold.GVG.TEK.COM>
Date: 11 Jul 90 19:36:07 GMT
References: <740.269A7AA3@ofa123.fidonet.org> <40960@prls.UUCP>
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
Lines: 16


I got some X-10 dimmer modules which replaced conventional light switches.
After awhile, they got increasingly difficult to turn on/off locally. It drove
my wife bonkers, so they went bye-bye. Maybe I'll put them in my workshop.

A few years ago, I put an appliance module on the copier at work. Whenever this
particular yuppie-business-weenie put a stack of papers in the loader, walked
out, and expected his 15 copies of a 40-50 page document when he returned, it
'mysteriously' stopped at page 2. Eventually he waited at the machine. I'd
usually let him do 4 or 5 copies, then CLICK. Stupid moron never figured it
out. I will attest, that even under brutal punishment, the appliance module
always worked fine.

There are some very expensive new homes being built in my neighborhood. Gosh,
it sure is tempting to install a few of these things before the walls get
sealed-up......