RE: SW10G - X10 Shutter Switch

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>As soon as I get my car back from being fixed I'll have a check of your
old
>SW10G (I lobbed it in the car to test and then dropped the car off at
the
>garage where it still is - DOH!)

Still walking to work then m8 ;-)

>Does the window itself have limit stops or does it just keep going?

Erm, think so. If you drive the window all the way (In either direction.)
the motor physically stops. Carrying on holding the button does not cause
the motor to move or strain.

I'll check the voltage idea as well but I'm away now till Thursday :-( I
guess I could take the SW10G with me and re-wire the hotel bedside lamps as
a test :-)

Many thanks

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 August 2004 15:34
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SW10G - X10 Shutter Switch


> So do I have another faulty unit or am I doing sumin wrong.
> Don't want to send the SW10G back to LA if its just me being
> a dumb arse!

As soon as I get my car back from being fixed I'll have a check of your old
SW10G (I lobbed it in the car to test and then dropped the car off at the
garage where it still is - DOH!)

Does the window itself have limit stops or does it just keep going? What
I'm
wondering is if the motor mechanism on the window has lost one of it's
limit
stops then some weird sh*t can happen as I had a similar thing occur with a
motorised screen when its down stop failed - it ended up with both windings
of the motor energised at the same time. (In fact that's why I ended up
using an SW10G so that if the limit stops went again on the screen at least
the motor windings wouldn't remain live and stalled.)

Is there any way that you can check the voltage between Neutral and the
"close" supply whilst you are driving the window open using your
normal
momentary switch? (And between Neutral and the "open" supply
whilst you are
driving the window closed using the manual switch.) I have a sneaking
feeling that something similar is happening.

> As a last resort does anyone know of a replacement switch
> (Does not have to be X-10) that allows the ability to learn
> and memorise the length of time it needs for open and close
> (This is the only function I use the SW10G for, although I
> intended to use the x-10 one day.) without having to stand
> there and hold the open or close button like a lemon waiting
> for the window to open/close.

Nah ... You look good in that bright yellow fruit costume. ;-)

> Oh bother, how much do I wish I had wired this motor back to
> a c-bus relay, then it all would have been simple!

LOL - it would as long as it isn't the limit switch on the opener itself
that has become fooked.

Phil