[vcf-midatlantic] The Swap Meet was great!

[Ethan Dicks]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 9:55 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic
<vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> On 4/24/21 9:44 PM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > OMG you bought the X10! ;-)
> >
> > Do you have a computer interface? Or do you just plan to use the manual
> > controller. See below to see why I'm interested. ;-)
>
>   Ahh, fond memories of X10.  I don't use it anymore (my current living
> arrangement isn't conducive) but I ran it for many years.

I still have X10 in my house and I use it every day.  The living room
ceiling fixture and upstairs hallway are on a 3-way switch, and the
dining room chandelier is on a single switch.

I may have noise problems because every couple of weeks, one or more
lights turns on by themselves.

Mostly I use one of the universal remotes for turning lights on and
off, but I also have one of the Radio Shack VFD display timer units,
and a CP-290 computer control w/Commodore-64 serial cable.  I haven't
used the C-64 interface in years but the CP-290 still works just fine.

What really limits me is having to look for LED bulbs that are
compatible with dimmers.   I only have 1-2 CF lights left but some of
the cheaper LEDs don't like dimmers.  I've converted the basement 4'
bulbs to LEDs but those are all on manual switches.  I'd have to put
them on appliance modules for strict on-off.

-ethan

-ethan