RE: cheapo x-10 boiler control

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

I used an AD10 to do just that Jerome, works a treat, if it's a 240V AC
live switched boiler of course.

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome O'Donohoe [mailto:jerome@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 July 2002 15:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] cheapo x-10 boiler control
> 
> Gents,
> 
> Mine is a tiny wee house, and to heat it I just switch the boiler
on
with
> the built in timer and regulate temperature with the pot inside
the
boiler
> (a Vaillant combi). I'd like to just be able to switch it on and
off
via
> x-10.  I understand that all a stat does is close some 240v
contacts
> across
> a loop of wire which, there being no stat, is permanently closed
right
> now.
> Do I have to put some kind of x-10 relay in there, or can I just
whack
the
> output of an AM12 into the return? (very naive when it comes to
mains,
> me...audio signals OTOH....)
> 
> Cheers for any clues...
> 
> Jerome
> 
> 
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