UPB best practice question

[beaumeri]

HI,

I'm doing some electrical work in few rooms in my house. I was told when using it's preferable to split light circuit and power outlets on separate breakers.

How about bathroom area where we power a fan and light? I was also told these electrical fan generate static.

Would it be better to put the fan on a different circuit then the UPB controled lights? Or is this not an problem at all with UPB?

Just want to make the right thing.

Regards

 

[Digger]

While there are no absolute certianties you should be fine.

My experience in a similar situation is that I have a bathroom with 2 outlets, one UPB light Switch for 3 highhats (Dimmable CFL's), one UPB light switch for a shower light (Dimmable CFL), and one UPB switch for a shower fan all on one 20A circuit.

Even when using the shower fan and a hair dryer at the same time the UPB switches all seem to work and they have been in for just over 3 years now I think. From one end of the room a Virtual Slave UPB device can turn on/off the UPB device with the load (not that we do it that much).

UPB seems to be more tolerant than some "other" protcols for Power Line Carrier. There are UPB filters out there but they dont seem to be needed anywhere near as much as X-10 or Insteon (I have no UPB filters yet with Insteon I lost count after 8 or 10).

 

[nightwalker]

My bathrooms are all wired with two circuits, One for GFI outlets the other for lighting and the exhaust fan. There's been no trouble with UPB controlling the lights and fan. I do not control the outlets at all, there just never seemed to be a point. For the most part the only thing that ever gets plugged in is my wifes hair dryer and or curling iron. I'm pretty sure she'd be thumping me if I were trying to automate those.

 

[beaumeri]

Thanks for the replies..

I'll hook the exhaust fan with the light circuit..

Just wanted to make sure..