Chattering Super Sockets
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Posted by Robert Green on April 26, 2007, 12:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Volp on April 26, 2007, 2:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Volp on April 26, 2007, 2:56 pm
Please log in for more thread options "almost 4 years" Sorry for the typo.
> 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 > >> 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. >
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Posted by Robert Green on April 26, 2007, 3:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm going to first plug in loads to both outlets, then switch the units
codes and then yank the units. Throughout the years I've seen chattering come and go in various modules so I am more than a little curious as to whether this is just a cam issue or some interaction problem. What torques me the most is that I *could* have easily tested them in tandem before I installed them. It will be interesting to see if it indeed was on its last legs and just happened to break *after* I climbed the ladder and screwed them in tight. -- Bobby G. > The chattering probably means that little plastic piece has broken. Maybe
had
> it had just enough life left in it to get past your initial testing. I > one fail rather quickly here, but another is still working fine after 4
> almost years. > > Jeff > > > Bought a few used and new SR227 X-10 wall outlet modules. Tested them
and
> > 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 > > they (I think it's only one, actually) started chattering.
one
> > > > 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 > > and then chatter when in place? This is without a load plugged in. I
basement
> > 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 > > 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. >
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Posted by Dave Houston on April 26, 2007, 5:48 pm
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>I'm going to first plug in loads to both outlets, then switch the units
>codes and then yank the units. Throughout the years I've seen chattering >come and go in various modules so I am more than a little curious as to >whether this is just a cam issue or some interaction problem. What torques >me the most is that I *could* have easily tested them in tandem before I >installed them. It will be interesting to see if it indeed was on its last >legs and just happened to break *after* I climbed the ladder and screwed >them in tight. Could this be mechanical stress on the modules that was absent when you tested in "free air"? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> 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.