It’s old technology but it works

[Gone West]

Around ten or eleven years ago when we moved into the bungalow I saw some X10 home automation components being sold off cheap so I bought some with a view to using them in the bungalow. Of course they got dumped in a box and forgotten. Yesterday I dug them out and installed the X10 wireless PIR, switch micro module and transceiver so now my porch and outside lights come on when we walk up the path. It probably won’t be needed when the driveway is finished as there will be a security light then, but at least now we don’t have to scratch the paintwork trying to put the key in the lock. I’m amazed the X10 protocol is so simple and works.

[Guest Alphonsox]

I bought a bunch of X10 kit when I was working in California (about half the UK price) , like yours they’ve been sat in a box in a garage for the last 10 years. Maybe I’ll drag them out for a last hurrah, but they’re probably heading for a skip.

[PeterW]

17 minutes ago, Alphonsox said:

Maybe I’ll drag them out for a last hurrah, but they’re probably heading for a skip.

 

I bet if you stick them in the market place someone will buy them .....

 

X10 controlled shower with auto toilet roll change anyone .......??

[Barney12]

Crikey. I must have a load of X10 kit sitting somewhere in a box. Considering how old the tech is now it was surprisingly reliable.