Noise filter recommendation

[Dean Davis]

Thanks, James.
I picked up two of the 10 amp Smarthome models from eBay.

Dean

On 1/2/06, James Sentman <james at sentman.com> wrote:
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>
> hey Dean,
>
> I just bought a whole box full of the smarthome filterlinc things on
> ebay. Actually I've bought a lot of x10 stuff on ebay lately without
> any difficulty. I needed some extras as I'm going to be doing some
> work in this house, my moms house and probably the inlaws house in
> the not too distant future. I took apart these filter links to look
> inside and I think the quality of construction is pretty good, and
> they do appear to work, so I can recommend them. I also have some of
> the leviton filters that smarthome sells and they also seem to be good.
>
> The ACT ones like what I use on my furnace seem to have undergone an
> internal redesign and I'm not sure right now whats going on with
> them. I head from a friend over email that he got one actually with
> the hot and neutral reversed on the output side! Apart from that,
> which I hope was an individual manufacturing defect I have been very
> happy with them. But if you get one of those be sure to check the
> output polarity!
>
> I believe that i've ordered from worthdist.com in the past, those are
> good guys and generally have very good prices too. Their website
> isn't terribly useful for online ordering or finding anything, you
> really have to call and chat with them. They also carry all this
> stuff at smarthome.com if you can't find them anywhere else cheaper.
> Though smarthome isn't exactly a discount seller, they do carry a lot
> of different stuff and I've never had a problem with them, good
> service overall.
>
> -James
>
> On Jan 2, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Dean Davis wrote:
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> > Been a very long time since I needed one of these but the new
> > humidifiers I put in the house is putting out enough line noise to do
> > some minor X-10 interference.
> >
> > What is a good filter I can use and what is the best place to get it?
> >
> > Dean Davis
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