Hi,
I wired up my KeyPadLinc today and was
testing and linking and stuff. The
ApplianceLinc that I had connected to the 40
watt flouresent light in one of my
aquariums 'smoked'. I could smell a
definite 'toasty' aroma in the air. I could
still hear the relay click, but the device
no longer turns off the light.
Prior to that, I was switching the same
module with the CrontroLinc II without any
problem.
As a fool, I plugged in a second
ApplianceLinc. With my KeyPadLinc, I turned
the light on, off, then on and after that I
could hear the relay click but the light no
longer switched off with my second module. I
think I toasted that sucker too.
I am a big fool in that I removed the ground
lug on the first module, no warranty repair
on that. On the second module I was using
a '3 pin' to 'two pin' adapter plug.
Right now, I am a little discouraged. I have
purchaced, oh, about seven hundred dollars
worth of Insteon modules in the past three
weeks. My $60.00 dollar comment is that
the 'V2 ApplianceLinc' module cannot switch
flouresecent loads, no matter what it says
in the literature.
I had actually signed up to be a Beta tester
for SmartHome last week. No reply yet so if
they want my toasted module(s) they will
need to pay the purchace price, plus
shipping.
I am sad. No way around that. This is
starting to look like another 'X10' Beta
crap rip off.
Ken
