If you use x10 to control your DC...

[skipwill]

...they are having a sale on stick on wall switches - 6 for $14.95.

Instead of always looking for the keychain remote control, you can stick a switch on the TS, the planer, the bandsaw, etc. and control the DC from 6 locations plus the remote (if you can find it)

http://www.x10.com/promotions/vault_rw684.html

Be aware that if you ever buy something from X10, you will be their friend for life and receive an email atleast once a day from them...


-Skip

[schak]

Does anyone have first hand experience with this or a related item? I am curios on how well it actually works.

[Dan Tipton]

X-10 in the house

X-10 (and its newer cousins) works great, especially if you don't want to run wire - like for switch legs. I used it to control our outside corner lights on the house and detached garage -- Just put a X-10 receiver (of the proper variety) near the corner light that you want to control and power it from the nearest hot leg. The same with the switches - put them where you want them and power them from their nearest hot leg.

Note that you will probably need to install a "coupler" at your breaker box to connect the two different sides of your service so the X-10 signals can bridge accross. X-10 works by a signal that rides on top of the regular 110v power circuitry, but does not get transmitted through transfromers (so you are safe from your neighbor).

[Jim Padgett]

X10 Experience

I use it control my DC and most of the lights in my house. I have an oscelot as a programmable control device. X10 works well for devices you don't have to know actually acutated because they are one-way communication devices.. they receive a signal sent over the AC wiring sort of like a broadcast message.. they don't talk back. The newer devices can, but they cost $$$ .

[tg3]

Which X-10 outlet or switch would be adequate for a DC?

[Tom Miller]

Which X-10 outlet or switch would be adequate for a DC?

Look for my post in this thread.

Regards,
Tom

[skipwill]

tg3

If it is a 110v DC like the HF, then the three pin appliance module will work. That is what I use. Also you need the tranceiver to pick up the signal from the remote and broadcast it on the power line. Any x10 wireless switch will work, including the key fobs.

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