Re: Wiring question -6287

["Bill Stock" <me7@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was going to put up some ASCII art, but it's just to painful.

Your diagram is close, I picture it something like this:

The current setup is:

CFL <-----  6287 <--------------
SW---------->6287->CFL---------->Receptacle--------->CFL

I've got  everything past the 2nd 6287 on the load side of the switch .


I'd like to change it to this:

CFL <-----  6287 <--------------
SW---------->6287->CFL---------->Receptacle--------->6287->CFL

By only having the second light on the load side of the switch and
everything downstream connected to the live side of the 6287.

If this works out, I've got two more lights on the same unit code, but
different circuits.  Although they don't seem to bother the X10 as much.




"Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Those are nice little filters, and I use several of them here.  It is a
> little hard for me to visualize your connections without a diagram of some
> sort:
>
> SW  ----------> (6287) CFL  ------> CFL
>            -----> SW Recept ----> (6287) CFL
>
> Assuming the switch controls the receptacle and 3 lights, something like
> this should work fine.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> "Bill Stock" <me7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4jphkgF94obvU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "Bill Stock" <me7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >I was going to install a 6287 to see if it would alleviate my signal
>> >sucking CFLs. The problem is there is a switched socket on the same
> circuit
>> >as the lights (3). But the socket only gets used for the Christmas
> lights,
>> >so I figure I've got a few months to test.
>> >
>> > I took the covers off the three CFL lights in the string and I
> discovered
>> > that two of the three lights are 'End of Line'. So I  guess I need at
>> > least two 6287s? For the intermediate box, The load side of the 6287
> needs
>> > to go to both loads (two blacks- light and downstream lights) and the
> line
>> > side needs to go to the black wire coming from the switch?  Kinda
> obvious
>> > I hope, but I thought I should check.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> OK,
>>
>> That seems to have worked, no smoke, no flames and the damn switch
> responded
>> to an Off command. Hallelujah!
>>
>> Now, if I wire the downstream load (receptacle + 3rd light) to the live
> side
>> of the 6287, will this bypass the middle 6287 for the downstream
> receptacle?
>> I can then put a third 6287 on the end light, which will allow me to put
>> more than 5 amps on the receptacle?
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>>
>>
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