General Home Automation X10 and LED incandescent replacement bulbs

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X10 and LED incandescent replacement bulbs Mark 06-02-09
Posted by Mark on June 2, 2009, 3:55 pm
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I hate CFLs so am experimenting with LED incandescent replacement
bulbs. My first attempt is with a C.Crane CC Vivid+ LED bulb. This
unit is only useful as a night light as it has very low output. But,
using it with a LM465 Lamp Module it does dim. However, when OFF it
still produces a dim light, presumably from the LM465 sense current.

My question is: Is this type of dim-even-when-OFF behavior going to
happen with ALL LED bulbs I may want to use (with an LM465 or
similar)? Or is it a try-it-and-see type of thing?



Posted by J Miller on June 5, 2009, 1:07 pm
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Mark wrote:
> I hate CFLs so am experimenting with LED incandescent replacement
> bulbs. My first attempt is with a C.Crane CC Vivid+ LED bulb. This
> unit is only useful as a night light as it has very low output. But,
> using it with a LM465 Lamp Module it does dim. However, when OFF it
> still produces a dim light, presumably from the LM465 sense current.
>
> My question is: Is this type of dim-even-when-OFF behavior going to
> happen with ALL LED bulbs I may want to use (with an LM465 or
> similar)? Or is it a try-it-and-see type of thing?
>
>
I've used LED xmas lights the last few years, and what I ended up doing
was either adding a night light (7w) or using a 120v relay and an
appliance module.

There are module hacks to eliminate the sense current, but I've not had
success with that change.

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