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  • X-10 Wall Switch Pushbutton Repair

    From Beaver@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 6 05:19:16 2016
    Hey everybody. I used to be very active on this group, but I have not posted in many years. I think we have all dealt with X-10 wall switches with bad pushbuttons (the WS-467 variety), and after collecting a few bad switches I decided to figure out a
    more robust repair. This involves using a standard tactile pushbutton switch in the place of the flimsy metal spring in the original design.

    Here is a write-up:
    http://www.edcheung.com/automa/button.htm

    FYI, My Home Automation system components are here: http://www.edcheung.com/automa/ha.htm

    - Dr. Edward Cheung

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  • From Art Todesco@21:1/5 to Beaver on Mon Nov 7 08:01:09 2016
    On 11/6/2016 8:19 AM, Beaver wrote:
    Hey everybody. I used to be very active on this group, but I have not posted in many years. I think we have all dealt with X-10 wall switches with bad pushbuttons (the WS-467 variety), and after collecting a few bad switches I decided to figure out a
    more robust repair. This involves using a standard tactile pushbutton switch in the place of the flimsy metal spring in the original design.

    Here is a write-up:
    http://www.edcheung.com/automa/button.htm

    FYI, My Home Automation system components are here: http://www.edcheung.com/automa/ha.htm

    - Dr. Edward Cheung

    Good to see someone posting here. I check it daily. I think most
    people have gotten away from Usenet, unfortunately. But I guess the
    true dinosaurs still lurk here. I have read many of your articles and I
    still use X10 stuff everywhere in my house. I even used a whole house
    code for Halloween stuff in front of my house. I tried to use one of
    the so called Powerflash modules to send an X10 signal whenever someone
    gets between the sensors in front. This turns on other stuff and alerts
    me in the house. I've found the Powerflash module to be highly
    unreliable. I've finally dumped it and have gone to a outlet box module
    (XPT3) to send an X10 signal when a low voltage connection is made. It
    works well.

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  • From Beaver@21:1/5 to Art Todesco on Mon Nov 7 05:15:26 2016
    On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 8:01:10 AM UTC-5, Art Todesco wrote:
    Good to see someone posting here. I check it daily. I think most
    people have gotten away from Usenet, unfortunately. But I guess the
    true dinosaurs still lurk here.

    Yes, I can see the traffic has dropped considerably from years ago. I remember you Art from the days when was active. I have not changed my system much so I turned to other hobbies. After 20+ years the whole family uses the system without thinking
    much about it. All the best.

    - Dr. Edward Cheung

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  • From Brian W. Antoine@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 11 10:09:02 2016
    On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 05:19:16 -0800 (PST), Beaver <cheungaruba@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Hey everybody. I used to be very active on this group, but I have not posted in many years. I think we have all dealt with X-10 wall switches with bad pushbuttons (the WS-467 variety), and after collecting a few bad switches I decided to figure out a
    more robust repair. This involves using a standard tactile pushbutton switch in the place of the flimsy metal spring in the original design.

    Here is a write-up:
    http://www.edcheung.com/automa/button.htm

    FYI, My Home Automation system components are here: >http://www.edcheung.com/automa/ha.htm

    - Dr. Edward Cheung

    Thanks for the tip!

    The switches I have problems with are the Icon ones with the small
    button switch, that corrodes over time in damp areas like bathrooms.
    I've got a couple of those I need to tear apart and find replacement
    switches for.

    A lot of my house is still basic X-10 devices. I was just looking at
    the date of my first HomeSeer license and was surprised at how long
    some of this stuff has been in operation. :)

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