Re: Chattering Super Sockets

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm going to first plug in loads to both outlets, then switch the units
codes and then yank the units.  Throughout the years I've seen chattering
come and go in various modules so I am more than a little curious as to
whether this is just a cam issue or some interaction problem.  What torques
me the most is that I *could* have easily tested them in tandem before I
installed them.  It will be interesting to see if it indeed was on its last
legs and just happened to break *after* I climbed the ladder and screwed
them in tight.

--
Bobby G.


"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
>
> "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.
>
>