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x10 big red button doorbell
On Apr 3, 12:08*pm, Tony Miklos wrote:
Does anyone have one (or two) of these? http://www.x10.com/promotions/kr15a_bigred.html It appears it was first made as just an emergency button for indoor use, does the "big red button" hold up outside? What I want to do is to set up two units on the same frequency so ringing the doorbell at the house or the shop rings at both the house and the shop. *Range should be OK since it comes with a transceiver.... but will the transceiver work with the signal going out of my house panel to the drop then to the drop and panel in the garage? *Both drops are on the same transformer secondary. Thought I'd ask before they are open tomorrow. My neighbor and I both had some X10 gadgets and we were interfereing with each other. My garage door opener would turn on X10 , Pupose was to turn on lights in the house when you got home. Well it turned his on too. I was getting home at 2:30 AM so you can imagine how much he enjoyed this when his living room lamps came on. Jimmie |
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Does anyone have one (or two) of these?
http://www.x10.com/promotions/kr15a_bigred.html It appears it was first made as just an emergency button for indoor use, does the "big red button" hold up outside? What I want to do is to set up two units on the same frequency so ringing the doorbell at the house or the shop rings at both the house and the shop. Range should be OK since it comes with a transceiver.... but will the transceiver work with the signal going out of my house panel to the drop then to the drop and panel in the garage? Both drops are on the same transformer secondary. Thought I'd ask before they are open tomorrow. |
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JIMMIE wrote:
On Apr 3, 12:08 pm, Tony Miklos wrote: Does anyone have one (or two) of these? http://www.x10.com/promotions/kr15a_bigred.html It appears it was first made as just an emergency button for indoor use, does the "big red button" hold up outside? What I want to do is to set up two units on the same frequency so ringing the doorbell at the house or the shop rings at both the house and the shop. Range should be OK since it comes with a transceiver.... but will the transceiver work with the signal going out of my house panel to the drop then to the drop and panel in the garage? Both drops are on the same transformer secondary. Thought I'd ask before they are open tomorrow. X10 powerline signals pass easily from my house to my shop, which are on different drops from the same transformer. My neighbor and I both had some X10 gadgets and we were interfereing with each other. My garage door opener would turn on X10 , Pupose was to turn on lights in the house when you got home. Well it turned his on too. I was getting home at 2:30 AM so you can imagine how much he enjoyed this when his living room lamps came on. That's what "house codes" are for. |
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x10 big red button doorbell
On 4/3/2011 10:40 AM, JIMMIE wrote:
On Apr 3, 12:08 pm, Tony wrote: Does anyone have one (or two) of these? http://www.x10.com/promotions/kr15a_bigred.html It appears it was first made as just an emergency button for indoor use, does the "big red button" hold up outside? What I want to do is to set up two units on the same frequency so ringing the doorbell at the house or the shop rings at both the house and the shop. Range should be OK since it comes with a transceiver.... but will the transceiver work with the signal going out of my house panel to the drop then to the drop and panel in the garage? Both drops are on the same transformer secondary. Thought I'd ask before they are open tomorrow. My neighbor and I both had some X10 gadgets and we were interfereing with each other. My garage door opener would turn on X10 , Pupose was to turn on lights in the house when you got home. Well it turned his on too. I was getting home at 2:30 AM so you can imagine how much he enjoyed this when his living room lamps came on. Jimmie I wonder if I could get one that would work on my neighbor's stereo? Jim |
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x10 big red button doorbell
Tony Miklos wrote in news:8vrgr7FgbfU1
@mid.individual.net: Does anyone have one (or two) of these? http://www.x10.com/promotions/kr15a_bigred.html It appears it was first made as just an emergency button for indoor use, does the "big red button" hold up outside? What I want to do is to set up two units on the same frequency so ringing the doorbell at the house or the shop rings at both the house and the shop. Range should be OK since it comes with a transceiver.... but will the transceiver work with the signal going out of my house panel to the drop then to the drop and panel in the garage? Both drops are on the same transformer secondary. Thought I'd ask before they are open tomorrow. Garbage can lid, can of econo red spray paint & duct tape. |
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On 4/3/2011 12:10 PM, Bob F wrote:
JIMMIE wrote: On Apr 3, 12:08 pm, Tony wrote: Does anyone have one (or two) of these? http://www.x10.com/promotions/kr15a_bigred.html It appears it was first made as just an emergency button for indoor use, does the "big red button" hold up outside? What I want to do is to set up two units on the same frequency so ringing the doorbell at the house or the shop rings at both the house and the shop. Range should be OK since it comes with a transceiver.... but will the transceiver work with the signal going out of my house panel to the drop then to the drop and panel in the garage? Both drops are on the same transformer secondary. Thought I'd ask before they are open tomorrow. X10 powerline signals pass easily from my house to my shop, which are on different drops from the same transformer. Thanks! That's good to know. Sort of doubtful if customer service could have answered that. Todays technology allows my meter to be read from the power companies office, all through their miles of lines and numerous transformers. My neighbor and I both had some X10 gadgets and we were interfereing with each other. My garage door opener would turn on X10 , Pupose was to turn on lights in the house when you got home. Well it turned his on too. I was getting home at 2:30 AM so you can imagine how much he enjoyed this when his living room lamps came on. Ever randomly try your garage door opener on other doors? Way back a bored customer in my driveway waiting for me to show up hit his door opener and my neighbors garage door opened showing his Porsche 911. He closed it again but then the neighbor came out to see what was going on, just gave him dirty stares. LOL. Now the closest house to me is about 600 to 800 feet away so even if we use the same code I doubt it would work. Oh, and our power lines come from two different directions, about a mile of wire, and of course different transformers. That's what "house codes" are for. That's what gave me the idea to use two of the same, one in the house and one in the garage. Either doorbell button will ring both. Where my mom lives it seems a lot of people bought the same wireless doorbells, and left the factory codes..... I fixed it up for mom and the close neighbors. |
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