Repair of appliance module

[rjniles]

I have a 3 pin appliance that stopped working. When I send an on command, it will flash but will not hold on. I tested with a lamp plugged it: the lamp flashes every time I send the on command but will not stau on. Any fix for this?

[dave w]

I have a 3 pin appliance that stopped working. When I send an on command, it will flash but will not hold on. I tested with a lamp plugged it: the lamp flashes every time I send the on command but will not stau on. Any fix for this?

It sounds like the relay position feedback circuit has failed.
http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=18964.0

[Brian H]

Yes Pulses a few times is the On Off status circuit.
How old is it. The real new CFL friendly ones use a different circuit from the older ones.

[rjniles]

I opened the case and found a large black burn mark on the circuit board (the magic smoke was gone). I tossed it.

[Brian H]

If you where adventurous. There are some schematics of the older model hardware devices floating around.
Though if the magic smoke is gone. Hard to say if resuscitation would be possible.