Re: Xmas is early - with LED lights

[AZ Woody <reply@here>]

I tried the mods (clipping diode in an appliance and lamp module), and
the leds still stay on!  Might have to go with the "add a night light"
route....

Neil Cherry wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:59:00 -0700, AZ Woody wrote:
>
>> These are old modules I keep with the Xmas stuff, and I don't mind doing
>> some "surgery".
>>
>> Ya think this is a "local control" issue with the modules?  If so,
>> what's the website that tells you how to hack the module? (I've lost it
>> long ago...)
>>
>> I know I could probably add an inci light and draw enough power to make
>> this work, but that's kind of against the reason I'm using LEDs!
>
> I was going to give the other folks a bit of a ribbing for not
> giving _the_ site for such information but when I went there it
> wasn't there any longer. So I did a quick search and found his
> new site:
>
> http://www.idobartana.com/
>
> Ido stored the information on cutting the diode in the lamp and/or
> appliance module. BTW, if you're using the Smarthome *linc modules
> you won't need to do that as they use a lot less current to do their
> current sensing.
>
> I'm going to update my web pages with the information.
>