Re: Chattering Super Sockets

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

Unwired the duplex outlet box and tested each super socket separately.
There was only one unit that chattered and it was the used one that has a
cracked case, which I assume meant at least a tight fit in a past life if
not downright abuse.  The new one still had the pre-stripped insulation on
the ends and had all the hardware and no scratch marks, so I assume it
really is new.

Unscrewed the white cover from the back of the bad super socket so I could
inspect the cams and when I tested it again, to observe the chattering
behavior close up so I could photograph it, I pressed B4 ON/OFF and it
clicked on and off without chattering, repeatedly.  WTF!?  Now what?

--
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.
>
>