Re: AWM2 and fluorescent bulbs

[Phil Cole <filc_lists@xxxxxxx>]

Hi ,

Thanks for the answer, however I don't think it is possible to turn off
the status detect on AWM2's.  The manual and additional details are
online here.

http://www.marmitek.com/eng_site/manual/9300.pdf
and
http://www.marmitek.com/eng_site/pdf/9300.pdf

Is there some undocumented feature to turn off the load test?

If I put a normal 60W light blub in parallel with the flourescent light
this stops the flicker by draining away the load test current, but I
don't really want to have to do this!!!  It seems as if AWM2 are
unsuitable for low power flourescent lights - which the documentation
does not say.

Phil

John B wrote:

>>I think I'm having the same problem mentioned in this thread:
>>http://www.ukha-archive.com/archives/2002-sep/msg01281.html
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>>Namely, that using a low energy flourescent light (in my case a
small
>>under cupboard flourescent strip) with an AWM2 module causes it to
flash
>>softly just faster than once a second when it is supposed to be
off.
>>
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>The AWM2 has a feature that allows it to detect the presence of a load
(a bit like local control) so I'm guessing what you're seeing is the module
sending a small voltage through the load to determine if it is switched on
or not.
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>According to the manual (I don't actually own an AWM2 BTW) the load
sensing feature is turned off by default.
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>You could always try resetting the module back to factory defaults and
see if that solves the problem (just in case the load sense feature has
some how been turned on)
>
>(reprogramming the module with a new address restores all settings to
their factory defaults)
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>Regards,
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>John
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