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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: portside on August 04, 2006, 10:10:33 AM

Title: Lights turning on by themselves..WHY???
Post by: portside on August 04, 2006, 10:10:33 AM

I have 4 lights on 4 WS467 Switches which I control with with either the switch or the HR12a palm remote. Everyhing works fine most of the time but sometimes the lights randomly turn themselves on and I have to manually turn them off. (Switches set to B1, B2, B3, B4 transceiver TM751 set on B). What is causing this?

Title: Re: Lights turning on by themselves..WHY???
Post by: Brian H on August 04, 2006, 12:19:06 PM

Some have reported that noise on the powerline can turn them on all by themselves.
If you remove the TM751 from the mix for a test. Observe it they still go on by themselves.

Title: Re: Lights turning on by themselves..WHY???
Post by: portside on August 04, 2006, 01:21:41 PM

I will try that but will the remote work without the TM751?

Title: Re: Lights turning on by themselves..WHY???
Post by: Tuicemen on August 04, 2006, 03:56:03 PM

portside: You need a transceiver for the remote to work! so You need the TM751. Brian suggested removing it as only a test!
Check your remote/s for sticky switches. Do a search on here for Noise posts. There are several which will help find the noise and filter it! ;) :D ;D

Title: Re: Lights turning on by themselves..WHY???
Post by: Charles Sullivan on August 04, 2006, 07:22:32 PM

You may have a neighbor connected to the same electric company power transformer who is also using X10.  Try changing your wall switches to a different housecode.

Title: Re: Lights turning on by themselves..WHY???
Post by: TakeTheActive on August 05, 2006, 01:09:19 AM

Quote from: portside on August 04, 2006, 01:21:41 PM

I will try that but will the remote work without the TM751?

ABSOL-TIVELY NOT!  :o

Please read: PLC / RF Transmitters, Receivers and Transceivers (http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=9822.msg57801#msg57801)

*IF* you remove your TM751, what is your Palmpad going to "talk" to???  ???

 ;)

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Quote from: JimC on July 28, 2006, 01:58:50 PM

Although sometimes bluntly to the point TakeTheActives advice is well worth considering he obviously has the experience to back it up...

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portside,

Please INVEST some time reading these forums *AND* my X-10 FAQ (click on my SIG LINK)!  :)

IMO, folks *SHOULD* have  a *MINIMAL* amount of X-10 Knowledge (gained by *READING* FAQs and previous posts) *BEFORE* they start asking (previously answered *OR* obvious) questions...  :o ::) ;)