On point?

[dhouston]

I thought most of us would appreciate this.

[Dan1]

Funny. I live in NYC with the highest electrical rates in the country but there's only so much you can do before it gets crazy like in the cartoon.

[dave w]

Oh my gosh! Does anyone know how to extinguish the little LED lights in all my X10 Maxi Controllers?!
(yeah, I'm kidding)

[bkenobi]

<clip> what LED light?

[HA Dave]

I thought most of us would appreciate this.

And you are right!

[coronagraphmurder424]

Funny. I live in NYC with the highest electrical rates in the country but there's only so much you can do before it gets crazy like in the cartoon.

[JeffVolp]

<clip> what LED light?

That doesn't help.  A transformerless power supply consumes the same amount of power regardless of the load.  Removing the LED just forces more current through the shunt zener regulator - possibly shortening its life.

I think that is why the LED is blanked when X10 devices transmit.  When not transmitting, the LED does something useful with the otherwise wasted energy. 

Jeff