> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Baker [SMTP:questuk1@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 2:59 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      [OT]: X10 how popular is it in the UK, as I would like to design products for it?
>
> Hi,
>
> What do you think is the potential market, for X10 products in the UK,
> as I am considering designing products for X10.
>
> Is the market in the 100's or 1000's of installed units already in the
> UK?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary
>
I have no figures, but I would suggest that the market is quite small, certainly far smaller than the US market simply due to the vastly inflated prices of the 240 volt modules available here which are typicaly 4 or 5 times more expensive than the US ones.

I picked up some starter kits quite cheaply from a Homebase store that was having a sale with the intention of  automating my house, and modifying US modules to expand the system at reasonable cost.  However, after experimenting with them for a while I can see why they are cheap (at least in the US).  The basic modules have no facility for reading back status and they seem to be quite prone to false triggering on noise spikes. Coupled with the communications problems that all the switch mode PSU's in a modern home can cause, I don't think they will ever be a very popular option in the UK,

Regards

Mike

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