Re: Insteon & CF Bulbs

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"machead" <gregjsmith@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Looks like the CF interference issue has hit me. I posted about on
>Smarthome's forums.
>
>http://www.techmall.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=921
>
>I've had almost all CFs on one leg of my circuit for months and it just
>now started to be a problem, where the Insteon devices would receive
>and act on signals but couldn't get their status's out when more than a
>few CF bulbs were on.
>
>It got me thinking, how hard would it be to make a screw in filter that
>sits between the bulb and the fixture? Or does such a device exist?

The hardest part would be the housing. Smarthome already has a slightly
larger than Socketrocket sized screw-in Insteon dimmer.

     http://www.smarthome.com/2454d.html

They could probably use that same housing for a CFL filter. I doubt they're
averse to another product. You should post this to the Insteon forum.


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