Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Who else is old enough to remember when X10 was the state of the art in home automation?
I found this bag full of X10 modules at a garage sale and decided I needed to learn more about this old system

Wikipedia has a good article on the details of the system:
pileofstuff.ca/r/t7cqk

And, surprisingly, these are still on the market, even even 40 years after they made their debut:

homecontrols.com/home-automation/lighting-appliance-controls/shop-by-technology/x10-lighting-appliance-controls

x10.com/collections/all


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