Re: Chattering Super Sockets

["Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx>]

"almost 4 years"  Sorry for the typo.

"Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The chattering probably means that little plastic piece has broken.  Maybe
> it had just enough life left in it to get past your initial testing.  I
> had one fail rather quickly here, but another is still working fine after
> 4 almost years.
>
> Jeff
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> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Bought a few used and new SR227 X-10 wall outlet modules.  Tested them
>> separately before installing by hookup to a line cord.  All was well.
>> Wired
>> them into a duplex outlet box at the end of a run, pigtailed together and
>> they (I think it's only one, actually) started chattering.
>>
>> I've read X-10 appliance/wall socket module chattering is almost always
>> considered a mechanical issue, but why would they test cleanly one by one
>> and then chatter when in place?  This is without a load plugged in.  I
>> tested with a floor lamp, although perhaps not without a load in place.
>>
>> One other difference is that they are installed face down in the basement
>> ceiling but I can't see orientation having much to do with it.  They are
>> also set to the same housecode, but that shouldn't matter much.  Happens
>> with both an XTB boosted and unboosted mini-controller.  Hit ON and you
>> get
>> four rapid clicks from the wallbox.
>>
>> Any thoughts?  I am going to have to unwire them (what a BITCH!!!!!)
>> unless
>> putting a load on the units or some other easier fix makes the chatter
>> vanish on its on.
>> --
>> Bobby G.
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