Re: Autoglide curtains with the LaserX10 control unit

["big_red_frog" <atod@xxxxxxx>]

Hmmm.
I have 2 autoglide curtains, and the one is on my bedroom balcony,
the power supply is screwed to the beam.

It is a white molded sealed unit, and I can't say I have ever heard
any buzz from it, and I am usually upset by that kind of thing, if I
get a chance I will put my ear up to it, but I am confident, it is
not audible from the bed 2 meters away.

I am a little worried about your report of the gearbox failing,
sounds like not fit for purpose! I shall have to keep an eye on mine!

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Malcolm Surgenor" <malcolm@s...>
wrote:
> Don't know about the Laser unit, but I use X10 appliance modules to
control
> mine (although I've just switched 2 of them over to ZWave units).
HomeSeer
> switches the power on, the curtains close (or open) and then one
minute
> later HomeSeer powers the appliance module off.  The main reason I
do that
> is that the Autoglide PSU's hum/buzz a lot which disturbs sleep
overnight!
> The downside though is that you lose local control of the units
this way
> however I've plenty of other options available with things like
> stick-a-switches, remotes, etc to over-ride them.
>
> As an aside I'd put some money aside to replace the gears in the
Autoglide
> units in a couple of years time!  All bar one of mine (6) have now
failed
> after just over two years of opening and closing our curtains each
day.
> None of the curtains are particularly heavy but the gearbox on top
of the
> motor just doesn't appear to be up to the job.
>
> Malcolm
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: slashcomfort [mailto:yahoo@n...]
> Sent: 10 October 2004 16:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] AutoGlide curtains with the LaserX10 control unit
>
> Hi
>
> Normally with the autoglide curtains, if you drop the power and
> reapply, the curtains will close/open depending on there state.
> Anyone know if this still happens with the laser X10 controller
units
> in place? (which can do discrete open/close). Reason i'm asking is
> cause i dont really want to have up to 8 curtain PSU's on 24hrs,
> would rather turn them on when required, do the job, turn them off
>
> thanks in advance
> (any other ideas welcome)
>
> Ade
>
>
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