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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: frankman12 on December 13, 2012, 11:05:44 AM

Title: appliance module and LED drivers
Post by: frankman12 on December 13, 2012, 11:05:44 AM

I'm trying to control some LED drivers that draw about 3 2.5 amps and the appliance modules come back on after about 8 seconds after turning off.

Title: Re: appliance module and LED drivers
Post by: Brian H on December 13, 2012, 11:35:38 AM

Your appliance modules maybe old enough to have Local Control Sensing.
Is there a small white round sticker on the back. With a Date Code on it?

Adding a 4 watt incandescent night light bulb to the output usually calms thing down.
Some have used a 33K Ohm 1 watt resistor on the output. That requires you to know how to do such things with out making a shock or fire hazard.

There is modifications on some web sites to disable the sensing current.
http://www.idobartana.com/hakb/index.htm
They only are for the older before CFL Friendly ones where released.