Re: I think they've done it again

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

The author of those posts received one of the new "fixed" dimmers and he
seems to confirm what I wrote here in his post dated 08/01/2006 : 1:35:25 PM
where he says the SmartHome "fix" is a much larger choke that merely masks
the underlying flaw.

He has since backed down a bit (the red emphasis was not in the original)
and even deleted a few posts. Perhaps he heard from a SmartHome attorney. ;)

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:44cf3dca.1213090875@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> If this guy's analysis (wrong type of triac, too large a current limiting
>> resistor) is correct, then I would expect all that use the same triac and
>> resistor are suspect.
>>
>> And if he's right, it means replacing the choke is curing the symptom
>rather
>> than fixing the underlying design flaw.
>
>Thanks for the explanation. He's promised to dissect the replacement units
>that they are shipping and report on what's different.  It will be
>interesting what the fix is going to be.
>
>It sounds like the answer to my question is that the ALL the switches from
>the first batch are likely to flicker if driving large enough loads.  What
>Smarthome is calling a "small percentage" of switches that are affected
>really means "all switches are defective, but only those who are driving
>250W lighting loads are seeing the ill-effects."
>
>More "wrong stuff." )-: