Suddenly stopped working socket rockets and appliance modules

Started by geek, December 11, 2006, 11:34:33 PM

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geek

Noticed a lamp was out and changed  the bulb only to find that not one of three sockets i had would work. Worked in it before with no problem, but strange that all three i tried now would not work. Also I have a lamp module and an appliance module that no longer work, and have basically never been used. Is this a common problem? and more important, is there a fix?
thanks for any help in advance.

Charles Sullivan

Quote from: geek on December 11, 2006, 11:34:33 PM
Noticed a lamp was out and changed  the bulb only to find that not one of three sockets i had would work. Worked in it before with no problem, but strange that all three i tried now would not work. Also I have a lamp module and an appliance module that no longer work, and have basically never been used. Is this a common problem? and more important, is there a fix?
thanks for any help in advance.

Have you recently purchased a new electronic appliance like a PC, UPS, TV, or Stereo?  Switching power supplies on devices like this can either generate noise on the powerline or short out the X10 signal.  If so, a special X10 noise filter between the offending appliance and the wall socket is the fix.  (Test an appliance by unplugging from the wall - merely turning it off isn't enough.)

Some compact fluorescent lights can also create similar problems.


Yesterday it worked.
Today it doesn't work.
X10 on Windows is like that.

HEYU - X10 Automation for Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X     http://www.heyu.org

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