RE: am12 vs. tm13 x10 appliance modules

["Nick Broughton" <mail@xxxxxxx>]

You say the TM13 is quiet.  My TM12 is about as noisy as my
AM12's.  Is this
a difference between the TM12 and TM13?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: K. C. Li [mailto:li@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 1:46 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] am12 vs. tm13 x10 appliance modules
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Stephen wrote:
>
> > Is anyone using the AM12 and TM13 plug-in x10 appliance
> modules? Which
> > do you think is best?
>
> I would guess that most people would have both products as
> they are part
> of the common X-10 "building blocks".
>
> > Ok I haven't got 256 appliances that I need to control
> (yet) so should
> > I get the TM13? Is the status really that useful? If the adaptor
is
> > switched by x10 only, then surely the software should know
> whether it
> > is on or off anyway?
>
> AM12U
>
> * Handles current of up to 13A
> * Latching relay
> * Noisy in operation
> * Reliable
> * Cheaper
> * No RF capability
> * Unit code changeable
>
> TM13U
>
> * Handles currents of up to 5A
> * Non-latching relay
> * Quite in operation
> * Unreliable (so far)
> * More expensive
> * Has RF capability
> * Fixed unit code of 1
>
> If the Transceiver Module side is not required, I would recommend
the
> AM12U in preference to the TM13U unless minimum noise is
important.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kwong Li
> li@xxxxxxx
> Laser Business Systems Ltd.
> http://www.laser.com
>
>
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