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RE: Swish problems


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  • Subject: RE: Swish problems
  • From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:08:58 -0000
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> The curtains randomly open/close.
> If the vacum cleaner (and ONLY the vac, no other appliance)
> is plugged into the ring socket before the curtains spur,
> turning  it on will open/close the curtains.
>
> I have checked homeseers log, and NO x10 activity is being
> detected at the time.
>
> I seem to remember in my college days mention of a decoupling
> capacitor to stop induced currents in long LV cable runs, but
> cant remebre the details. Would this solve the problems??
> Any other thoughts??

If you remove then reapply the power to a Swish motor it changes state
.... If I plug our Dyson into the strip that feeds my curtain motor in my
PC room I can *SOMETIMES* get it to do the same. I'm assuming that it is
because the switch on surge gives enough of a voltage drop for the
curtain motor to think it has been power cycled...

Phil



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