X10 Funnies, Episode 3,478,609

[Dave Fleck]

Hi George,

The ANR should blink once every two seconds or so when there’s no X10 traffic (I think it does bright flashes to indicate traffic). If it blinks multiple times it’s 10 mV of noise for each additional flash. So if it’s blinking 5 times every 2 seconds that’s 40 mV of noise (too much).

I plug the ANR in near the breaker box then track down which circuit is causing trouble by turning breakers on and off. Once you know which circuit, you can then move the ANR to that room to track the problem down.

150 filters is a LOT of filters! I doubt you need anywhere near that many.

Good Luck,

Dave

> On Jul 25, 2021, at 3:33 AM, George Handley <ghandley at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello again Dave!
> 
> I presume by now you've read my reply to Jerry reviewing several things I did to this house to trap for noise, but about the same time I had all those problems, Jeff Volp reviewed my whole system and I already have his replacement CM11, signal booster and a pair of XTB-ANR Active Noise Reducers, one on each phase of my 200A service. I also have a whole house 240 vac Leviton filter.
> 
> Now two things on these XTB-ANR Active Noise Reducers come to mind that deserve to be mentioned while on this topic   First when just checking in the basement for confirming they were the same animal, I observed the red blinking LED's pretty well. As I recall, the LED's will flicker when ever there is X10/XTension traffic on the line, or when there is  lot of noise on the line.
> 
> Well, they are flickering. I believe I discovered another way to find the noise that is a lot less intensive.
> 
> As I recall the procedure requires two people with walkie talkies. One is running around the house turning on/off suspected cutprets, while the other is watching those blinking red LED's. It's labor intensive too, but a lot more organized.
> 
> At one time I'll bet I had 150 X10, Levatron and XTB filters in the house.Over the years, I've removed several of the small ones, and surly have added lots more equipment, so I guess we'll need to do the operation again.
> 
> I just added some new trick code to eliminate much of the time these lights are coming on with a little scheduled script that just runs during the day. It won't stop the funny business at night. 
> 
> I also have one X10 controlled light that I have never written ANY code for to do anything automatically. This is one of the 3 I've mentioned. That will be a real feather in my cap when I successfully trap for that one! :-)
> 
> So both you and Jerry have helped me begin to get a new bead on this problem, and if and when I find success on any of it, I'll post the procedures to the list.
> 
> Thanks again Dave for all your suggestions.
> 
> George

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