Re: [Embedlets-dev] Re: X10 & marketing 101

[Jac K. <j.k...@th...>]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Ted Kosan wrote:

> Kelly wrote:
> > As I stated before... I would not trust'em to run a coffee pot. As you sit
> > there pondering that one, consider your house burning down... 

Kelly, as I stated before, We're not running coffee pots on them, just 
lighting and on two seperate locations we did not have your problems. 
May-be we're just lucky, may-be it has something to do with the 220V we're 
using or the difference in building regulations? Anyway, it works.

> > I vote for an iButton DS1996 64kbit EEPROM RAM to hold my XML device
> > and ID tags (sitting in a Systronix 8x1-Wire board), and running CAT5
> > around the house (in the walls) using Systronix 8x1-Wire boards and
> > relays (which I am doing).  Bob Hinton has a very nice "House Monitor"
> > implementation for TINI (or TStik) w/1-Wire devices that works great,
> > is secure, and most important RELIABLE.

Running CAT5 in walls might be nice if the walls are hollow, but given
concrete walls and floors (with steel inforcements) of 25 cm where one
needs a special drill when something needs to be hung makes running CAT5
hard to say the least. And we might not mind ugly cables running all over
the office (or even the house), Joe Average (and his wife) most certainly
will mind.

> But, the foothold must come first...  And anyway, if houses burn down,
> this is not our responsibility because the X10 vendors and installers
> have already taken the responsibility for this and all of the modules
> are already FCC and UL approved ;-)

Ted, you are right, using these modules actually allows us to ignore the
regulations for connecting stuff to dangerous voltages. That has been
taken care of by the X10 people. (Another reason I've been using X10 for 
years now, 220V sacres the * out of me after having touched life wires 
once)

Regards,

Jac

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