Re: Strange: X-10 outlets & LED Holiday Lights

[shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si Ballenger)]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:11:39 +0000 (UTC), Eric
<ericw2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I have two Leviton 6227W outlets outside my house which have been used for
>years to operate our holiday lights. Yesterday I put up new lights, those
>LED holiday lights instead of our usual C7 lights. Everything works fine so
>far.
>
>When I came home, the outlets have switched off from the timer, and the LED
>lights continue to glow faintly, maybe 10% of their full brightness. When I
>unplug the lights, they go out completely. When I plug them back in the
>relay trips and the come on full, as they're supposed to.
>
>Is still low voltage present to operate the relay, or did I wire these
>incorrectly?

You probably need to use an x10 appliance controller instead of a
lamp controller (which I think always passes a small amount of
current).