Hi,

I am from Cape Town South Africa. Our households run on 240V as opposed to the 110V in the US. Will the X10 frequency still work on the higher voltage?

If not, does anyone know of an alternative home automation system other than X10 based systems.
I have looked into the Activehome system which seems really nice but is not available in SA. I was wondering if the voltage issue is the reason for this.

I apologise if this question has been answered before, and I thank you for any reponses.

Paul

Basically, X10 will work on 240V, 50Hz but it needs to be converted first. There are places that sell the converted modules in UK, Europe, Australia etc, but I dont know about South Africa. Bear in mind that these modules tend to be extremely expensive compared to the prices you see on US websites.

Have a look at these two sites.... the first one is an Australian distributor for X10 who will ship internationally, the second is a site which explains converting the american modules to 240V.

http://www.eon3.com

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Cheers, Cammo

I would check into a Panja/AMX home Automation system or a Crestron System. Both support LCD touch panels, 2 way 2.4 Ghz remotes that come with touch screens. You can control stuff via a computer or through a HTML. These systems ARE THE BEST!!! And being the best they will cost you anywhere from 25,000.00 to 500,000.00 US Dollars. For your info X10 can not even touch or come close to what theses systems can do. Also cheeper yet still cool is a Phast System. Still will do 1000 things more than a X10 can do. Phast is more geared toward automation of stereo and TV equipment

Good luck Paul from S.A.

Get your X10 from letsautomate. It is UK spec, ie same voltage as ours (I live in Zim).