Hi, I'm fairly new to the home automation thing but have become very familiar with the X 10 products. I have installed several wall switches that I control via a handheld remote and by a couple of wall plate remotes. My house is new. The house is one story about 3000 square feet on a basement of the same size. I am trying to decide if I should to invest more in to x10 products or go with another system. Problems encountered. First problem is with lights switching off and on sporadically. This can sometimes be quite disturbing in the middle of the night and embarrassing when trying to watch a movie with friends. I have found several offending devices causing this. Both are computers, a desktop, which I would like to keep on, and a laptop that tends to be plugged in anywhere I decide to have my coffee. So I leave these unplugged right now I have these unplugged. Till I find some filters. Second problem I have is encountered was signal not passing well to the other hot leg of house. Have corrected this with a signal bridge across a 220 breaker in my panel box. This seems to have solve some of the range issues but I still a may need a signal amplifier as I still have issues of lights not responding well. Sometimes I can turn lights on but not off. I got the X10 system cause it was cheap, about $130 bucks for the 15 or so switches and the couple of remotes. I was thinking that later on I would get hard wired system but I m finding out from these forums that X10 is pretty much all that’s available for home use applications. Ok, so it looks like X10 is pretty much the way I can go. But GODD GIGGLY WIGGLY these filters and amplifiers I need can be pretty expensive. About seventy five bucks a piece. I know I need two already and maybe more as I ad appliances. So I am already having to stomach having to invest more into what I thought was just a starter system. The Questions: Am I right about needing to install filters to correct my problems? Can I get whole house filters and / or can I possibly build them? Like I did when I added the capacitor across my panel. That only cost me 50 cents. Are they only a few parts to built these filters? Does any one have schematic? If I have to buy these filters, Please someone advise what you have paid for them and where. I have been all the over x10 and smart home sites and have found them to be fairly expensive. What problems have others had and the end price of getting your systems up and running well? Are there other alternatives to the X 10 products, some thing more reliable, not as susceptible to problems as X 10 products are? Price may not be an issue, with in reason, if a different method or system is more reliable. Darn, I have written a novel haven’t I? (No response needed to this question.) Thanks, for all your help. Mot

Hope this is the right group for this. I am looking at using X-10 devices to control a water bore pump remotely. The problem is the distance. In a straight line around 500 feet, but around 1200 - 1400 feet as the power cable runs. Is this sort of distance possible with X-10? If not, any suggestions?