Re: [mh] X10 outdoors?

[Matthew W. <mat...@us...>]

Dave Stenhouse wrote:
> I recently crossed that bridge by installing an X10 controlled outlet in 
> an outdoor enclosure.  I believe that building codes specify that all 
> outdoor outlets must be GFI, and I'm pretty sure that the Leviton X10 
> outlet I installed isn't.  However, the Leviton outlet has a load line 
> that can be used to control other outlets down the line.  So what I did 
> was buy a GFI outlet, a 2-gang outdoor enclosure, and plug all my stuff 
> into the GFI outlet.  

I did a similar thing.  GFI outlets typically have two sets of screws that
are joined with small copper pieces of metal.  If you break these pieces of
metal, then one set of screws can be used to extend the GFCI protection to
other outlets.  This is actually a standard practice here in Canada.  For
example, the outlets in all of my bathrooms are actually on the same
circuit, protected by a single GFCI outlet in one of the bathrooms.

The first element on my outdoor circuit is a standard GFCI outlet, located
next to my fuse panel.  The rest of the circuit is connected to the now
isolated set of terminal screws on the GFCI outlet, providing GFCI
protection to my outdoor X10 outlets.  It works like a charm.

Matt