----- Original Message -----
Sent: 01 February 2002 14:54
Subject: [ukha_d] Anyone know how to
revive an AD10
Is anyone familiar with what happens to AD10's
in
low mains voltage conditions?
On Wednesday night, I arrived home to find all
the lights in my estate dim.
A quick check of the mains revealed the supply
voltage was only 96 volts !!!
A quick call to my electricity provider - who
said the fault was being fixed, and low and behold, it was fix less than an
hour later.
I have a range of Appliance and Lamp modules
in
my house, plus two AD10's - one for my heating, and one for my hot water
heater.
During low voltage conditions, only
some of the X10 kit worked, so I unplugged everything.
Once normal service was resumed, all the lamp and
appliance
modules are working fine again, although they all needed to be unplugged
and
replugged to make this happen.
However, my AD10's are buggered.
One, which controls the heat, and was probably
"on" at the time the voltage dropped, is now permenantly "on" all the
time. Neither sending X10 commands or using the over-ride switch to
force it off will work.
The other, which was "off" at the time, is now
permenantly off, and like above, cannot be forced on.
I have tried applying mains to the momentary
contact or toggle inputs to see if that works - but no joy.
I opened one to see if there is any visible
damage, but it looks fine.
Any ideas how I could fix them?
Failing that, has anyone ever claimed
compensation from their electricty supplier for damage due to poor mains
supply?
Cheers
Derek Clydesdale
PS. Strangely enough, when the mains was
down to 96 volts, many electrical appliances still worked. All my
TVs,
VCR, Satellite etc. were fine. Just shows how many PSUs are really
dual
voltage these days :-)
For
more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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