Re: XPS-3 Strangeness

["John J. Bengii" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you have X-10 wireless units in the house? The receivers are notorious
for generating random all lights on and other random on codes.

"David White" <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello. I recently purchased and installed 2 XPS-3 switches I got off EBay.
> One has a WS-14A/XPSS companion switch.
>
> Almost as soon as I installed these, I have noticed that the one with the
> companion switch will sometimes turn itself off. But in the last couple
> days, I have noticed that it is also sometimes turning itself ON. The unit
> without the companion switch is fine.
>
> I have a CM11A that does turn some modules on/off on timers. But the
> switches in question are NOT controlled that way. Even so, the strange
> events do no relate to the events that are programmed (not the same
> times). I am also very sure that no one else in the area has X-10 running
> (I live in a pretty rural environment).
>
> So:
>
> (a) Do the XPS-3 units commonly have this problem?
>
> (b) Does the presence of the companion switch make any difference?
>
> (c) Does this seem a manufacturing defect?
>
> (d) Could this be due to a wiring mistake on my end?
>
> Thanks.