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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: Squirrel1162 on January 21, 2011, 10:33:58 PM
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I am not sure I am posting this in the correct forum or not
I have 3 socket rockets install outside my home. They were working flawlessly until the other day. When I returned home one evening, I noticed the 2 front lights were not on. Thinking the bulbs went out, I replaced them. They still didn't work. So I replaced the socket rockets. Same results. Then I thought that it might be either the switch or the light socket. I put a bulb in the socket (w/o the socket rocket) and the light worked. I then tried the original socket rocket in a lamp inside my home. It worked! It has me stumped. Anyone had the same problem? If so, how was it resolved? Thanks
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...They were working flawlessly until the other day. When I returned home one evening, ...
When something changes... the normal question is... what [else] changed.
It sounds as if maybe you now have noise on you powerline.. or maybe a signal sucker. So your SocketRockets aren't getting the PLC sent to them. Is there a new device like a big flat screen TV, cell phone or MP3 player charger, rechargeable drill, UPS for the computer, new laptop... something like that?
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I have not added anything new in my home, except for an incandescent lamp downstairs in the living room. I realize this may be off base as a clue, but, could the outside temperature have anything to with the socket rockets not working except inside where it is warm? Our temperatures here in central Ohio have ranged form -1 to +18 degrees these past few days. Just a thought. Thanks for your prompt reply earlier.
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.... Our temperatures here in central Ohio have ranged form -1 to +18 degrees these past few days. Just a thought. Thanks for your prompt reply earlier.
In Ohio myself... and my outside SocketRockets work fine... and have in colder temps as well.