Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / January 2004

Sounds to me like a bridge issue. You have 2 legs in your power line.
To get the signal from one leg to the other, it has to go out to your
transformer and then back in. In your breaker box, the breakers
alternate legs thus (breaker # and leg)

1L    2R
3R    4L
5L    6R

So, breaker 1, 4 and 5 are on the same leg. Short path. To get from
breaker 1 to 2, you have to take the long route through the
transformer.

A couple of things to try:

If you have a 220V appliance, like an oven turn it on. If that solves
the problem (signal travelling through the heating element) you need a
bridge.

Try moving the minitimer to another outlet (served by another breaker)
in the same general area. If that outlet's on the same leg as your
computer it may solve the problem.

Signal bridges are a lot cheaper these days. You can even build one
yourself if you're confident. I think it's nothing more than a 50pf
capacitor (don't quote me).

The latest just plug into your dryer plug then the dryer plugs into
it. Mine is mounted in my breakper panel using 2 breakers.

Hope this helps,
John