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

[Eric <ericw2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dick <r_a_nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:jgljm29tgrscn4g3mfskh51qfcb1dkudqj@xxxxxxx:

> 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?
>
> I have converted most of my outside christmas lighting to LED and have
> not seen this.
> I DO still have a few strings of regular lights. That's probably
> allowing the leakage current through so it doesn't keep my LED lights
> on dim. Try plugging in one string of regular lights and see if this
> solves your problem.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

Sure enough, we added more stuff with standard lights, and the problem was
solved.