Re: appliance modules: why don't they do...

[ian.bird@xxxxxxx]

Sometimes you just envy people in bungalows. I have the same problem with
the landing lights but the room above has tiles glued down so I am still
thinking about that one.

As for the load. If I remember correctly it is the change of load not the
fact that it is plugged in that triggers the on state. I you plug in a
heater which is switched off nothing will happen. Turn the heater on and
the module should turn on. Turn it off and nothing changes in the module.
Leave it on and it can be controlled from the module. It is called local
control and saves you digging for the controller if the switch is nearer.
There are a couple of gotchas of course. If the load is less than about 40
watts it does not turn on no matter how often you turn it on and off and
secondly current leakage back through the module can also turn it on a
second or two after you turn it off. My LCD monitor does this so I simply
removed the module and reverted to pressing the button.

HTH

Happy puzzling.

Ian




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Stephen
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25/11/2003 22:12
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:26:22 +0000, you wrote:

>http://www.mollyology.com/MyHouseKitchenLights.htm

Thanks for the link.

>The link is just down the page a bit. I did have to get into the loft
space
>to get access to a neutral as well as all the other connections but
this
is
>not too hard most of the time for upstairs lights (or a sloping loft in
my
>case).

Not so convenient for downstaits though ;(
>and yes an appliance does behave in the same way if the load is
switched
as
>long as it is big enough.

I have not been able to reproduce that. I plugged in a 3kw fan heater
into an appliance module and nothing happened. Surely it can't be
right that if you plug ina  big load it switches on; if that was the
case wouldn't the modules be on permanenlt because the load was always
connected?

Thanks,
Stephen.