RE: HELP: Electrical fault involving an X10 appliance module

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The unit is still drawing the same current though - just through a smaller
contact area which is what causes the heating effect.

Thing is - you can pretty much monitor for anything you want to but at the
end of the day that technology has to be paid for, implemented and itself
checked and maybe monitored - it's just not worth the hassle.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Chris Hunter
> Sent: 10 May 2007 18:23
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HELP: Electrical fault involving an X10
> appliance module
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> 'wonder if there's a way to sense such things, using a
> current- monitor, say, and comparing traces with previous
> cycles ... looking for reducing current levels, or increasing
> noise, or whatever ...
> 'wonder if this is something (eg) Idratek could cover ?
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> Chris
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> On 10 May 2007, at 17:12, Mark Hindess wrote:
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> > On 10 May 2007 at 15:45, ukha@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> >>> Which is most likely cause of a fried neutral pin on a
> plug that was
> >>> plugged in to an X10 appliance module? The appliance,
plug, or
> >>> module?
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> >>> For picture see:
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> >>>   http://www.propercustard.co.uk/fault/
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> >> Impossible to tell from the picture.
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> >> It has got hot because of a bad connection that generated
> head. Could
> >> be an ill fitting plug/socket connection but most likely
> is a loose
> >> screw in the plug.
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> >> You need to disassemble BOTH items to see if there is a
> loose screw
> >> in either of them.
> >>
> >> Keith
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> > Thanks for the comments.  I've added some more pictures.  It
looks
> > like the plug sustained very little damage so I'm guessing it
might
> > have "started" at the appliance module though it's hard
to
> see exactly
> > what might have happened to it.  I've got quite a few of these
> > appliance modules so this has me a little concerned.
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> > The appliance was still working and it was only chance that meant
I
> > found this problem at all.
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> > -Mark.
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