Re: XPS-3 Strangeness

[David White <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, I do not have any wireless in the house. I own one wireless
transceiver but it never worked at all. So it sits in a box - should be
in the garbage...

John J. Bengii wrote:
> 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.
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> "David White" <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:-IWdnQ6AjuJwW7jVnZ2dnUVZ_qqgnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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.
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