Re: X10 signals can be TOO strong!

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Like you say, it may be that the least expensive triacs are used in these
> modules.  We have an older Leviton 6343 "red line" X10 wall switch on the
> same circuit as the XTB-II, and much closer than the misbehaving X10
module.
> It has an even heavier load, but doesn't exhibit any flicker.  However,
that
> Leviton switch was not targeted at the low end market, and may have better
> grade components.

Update - I had not dimmed the Leviton enough to see the flickering.  It does
it too.

There is a recent thread on the HomeSeer board about the Insteon flicker.
One user reduced the load by unscrewing a few bulbs, and the problem went
away.  Another reported there was still some minimal flicker even with the
modified Insteon switches.

The problem may be more evident in an Insteon system because every module is
also a transmitter.  So average signal levels are apt to be much stronger
than a typical X10 system.  Here the flicker occurs on two heavily loaded
dimmers on the family room branch circuit with its very high signal levels.
With the XTB-II in its normal location by the distribution panel, we never
saw flicker anywhere.

Jeff