wxforecaster
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Looking for help/ideas from an X10 controller users.
Back when we finished our basement in 2008, I had the electricians go overboard and add in a completely separate breaker box for much of the basement. We did this so that I could have a breaker-per-outlet setup for each of my pins/games, hoping to eliminate low voltage issues that were causing my Addams Family to constantly reset during game play (it did).
Now I'm at the stage where I have 7 pins down there and looking to add several of the neon signs being talked about in the other threads. It's a pain in the arse to have to manually flip on every single game and light (especially RFM since some idiot designer put the on/off switch at the bottom rear of the cabinet).
I was thinking that an X10 controller might solve this whole problem. Essentially, as I understand it, all the games/lights are left in the on position, with the X10 wall plugs acting as the current flow permitter, which is in then controlled by an RF signal coming from a remote.
Granted I haven't read in great detail on this, but it would seem that one remote or panel would be capable of turning on everything at once? Has anyone done this? What do I need to purchase?
Evan
Back when we finished our basement in 2008, I had the electricians go overboard and add in a completely separate breaker box for much of the basement. We did this so that I could have a breaker-per-outlet setup for each of my pins/games, hoping to eliminate low voltage issues that were causing my Addams Family to constantly reset during game play (it did).
Now I'm at the stage where I have 7 pins down there and looking to add several of the neon signs being talked about in the other threads. It's a pain in the arse to have to manually flip on every single game and light (especially RFM since some idiot designer put the on/off switch at the bottom rear of the cabinet).
I was thinking that an X10 controller might solve this whole problem. Essentially, as I understand it, all the games/lights are left in the on position, with the X10 wall plugs acting as the current flow permitter, which is in then controlled by an RF signal coming from a remote.
Granted I haven't read in great detail on this, but it would seem that one remote or panel would be capable of turning on everything at once? Has anyone done this? What do I need to purchase?
Evan
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