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

[Jim Baber <jim@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim wrote:
I had the exact same situation with my LED Christmas lights last
year.  I determined that the bleed current my X10 appliance
switch uses to tell if the load has been turned on, was
sufficient to illuminate the LED bulbs at a very low but
noticeable level.

I did not test to see how much current was used then, and I just
now tested a 35 bulb LED string with a Kill-A-Watt P4400  tester
and it wouldn't register on the WATT or VA scales, but it did
barely light.

Eric 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?