RE: Re: chinese x10 ? s10? modules

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of egelbeertje
> Sent: 16 March 2006 16:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: chinese x10 ? s10? modules
>
> ...and don't forget your towel....
>
> the bulb being an electrical wire , the N goes through the
> bulb to the module.....somehow just doesn't connect.
>
> You can always try it by stripping the wires and hold one in
> each hand, the only way to make sure you don't short them.....sort of.
>
> Rob.

I realise that you were probably joking about stripping wires and holding
one in each hand but please don't - some people are daft enough to try it!
(I could show you some howlers in my old email archives from Lets - I
remember replying to one person saying "Please stop just trying
connections,
turn off the master switch on your fusebard and call an electrician before
you kill yourself.")

You can pass a small amount of current through a bulb without it starting
to
glow - that is how the "no separate neutral required" units work.

Phil