Re: Which X-10 Module To Use?

[Ronbo <ronbo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/14/2010 11:22 AM, David White wrote:
> Bob F wrote:
>> Anthony R. Gold wrote:
>>> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:45:44 +0000 (UTC), David White
>>> <whitedavidp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello. My wife is starting to get ready for the holiday lights
>>>> already since it is growing darker, faster here in the Northwest. I
>>>> tried using both a standard X-10 lamp module and a newer X-10
>>>> appliance module (without local control) to control a string of LED
>>>> christmas style lights. It seems that with both modules, even with
>>>> the turned off, the LED lights still glow at a low level. When
>>>> turned on, the brightness is significantly higher. But when turned
>>>> off, my wife wants them OFF. Is there a module that will handle this
>>>> properly? Thanks
>>> I had that exact problem with strings of the new LED Christmas
>>> lights. I just lived with it. But if you need to kill them dead when
>>> off then you might try adding a small incandescent night light to the
>>> module's output, although I can't promise it will work as I never
>>> tried it. http://tinyurl.com/2ft4ttt
>>
>> That's worked for me for problem CF bulbs.
>>
>>
> Thanks for the responses Anthony and Bob. After posting, I stumbled into
> some similar discussions. One poster suggested plugging-in a wall-wart.
> I have a small charger from an old cell phone. I plugged that in as a
> trial and it DOES work! When the appliance module (with no local
> control) shuts off, the LEDs glow for maybe seconds and then shut down
> completely. This is something of a pain since I had to plug an extension
> cord into the module and then plug both the LEDs and wall-wart into
> that. It would be cool to find something that would work to draw the
> minimal current when plugged-into the module and have a pass-thru into
> which the LED string could plug. But this is much a hack anyway. I saw
> another discussion where folks have made modifications to the module
> itself <http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12112>.
>
> Cheers


Do the Mods it will fix the problem. This has been a problem for many
many years with  florescent & other appliances flickering or turning
back on.

Ron