You may also have interference elsewhere in the house. My refrigerator
caused intermittant problems with my system until I put a filter on it. As
mentioned, flouresent lights can be a problem. I still have a couple of
intermittant devices, one has been traced to a faulty Leviton wall
controller, known problem, just no $$$ or motivation to fix it right now.
A labor intensive troubleshoot is to unplug individually any suspect
interference causers (fridge, furnace, well/sump pumps, flour lights, etc)
and check the operation of the switch each time. Once you locate the
culprit the fix should be fairly easy.
HTH
Gordie
----- Original Message -----
From: <eric@megageek.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] X-10 help
> Thanks, but the problem is that this is an incandescent fixture (3 bulbs.)
> All the bulbs are good.
>
> Does anyone know if there is troubleshooting equipment for X10 (excuse to
> buy some tools.) 8>)
>
> Moose
> Everything I know about knots, I learned from Alexander the Great.
>
>
>
> John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com>
> 06/22/2009 07:34
>
> To
> Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>
> cc
> eric@megageek.com, shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject
> Re: [Shop-talk] X-10 help
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I used to have a flourescent light with a cheap electronic ballast
> that would cause all sorts of problems for my X-10 system. I bought a
> filter from Smart home and wired it into the fixture. It solved the
> issue for a while, then the crappy ballast finally gave out. After I
> installed a good magnetic ballast, the filter was no longer needed.
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Trevor Boicey<trevor@boicey.com> wrote:
>> eric@megageek.com wrote:
>>>
>>> When it doesn't work, I have used remotes, "all unit off" devices, and
> the
>>> button on the switch. This leads me to believe that it has to do with
> the
>>> bulbs. But I don't know how to troubleshoot this issue any further.
> Again,
>>> it works correctly about 20% of the time, so it's not a complete
> failure.
>>
>> Interference is also a concern. My wife used to have a computer that
> would
>> knock out X-10 whenever it was turned on.
>>
>>
>
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