On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Quentin wrote:

> Even if you do go the X10 route make sure that your electrician runs a
> neutral wire to all your light switches. In a lot of houses (here at
> least) they only run the live wire to the switch and back. You need both
> to do power line comms.
>
  With a little modified x10 hardware, you don't need neutral, if you are
using standard bulbs ( like Edison discovered a long time ago ) and you
communicate only when the bulb is off. Probably it works with high
efficiency bulbs also...

Vasile

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