[ale] current pulled by computer power supply

[Jeff Hubbs]

But the guy said that it was the appliance module that trashed the
fluorescent - the module with the relay!  I could kinda understand if it
were the lamp module.

FWIW, there are fluorescents that are dimmer-capable - I wonder if that
would make a difference.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Stickel [mailto:rstickel at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:42 AM
> To: elanda at comstar.net
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] current pulled by computer power supply
> 
> 
> Ed Landa wrote:
> > 
> > > I tried controlling a screw-in fluorescent with an X10 
> appliance module
> > > (not the lamp module) and it came on fine but when I 
> switched it off
> > > there was a bright flash and the bulb died.  Thinking it was a
> > > coincidence, I tried again with a new bulb - same thing.  
> That's two
> > > bulbs at about $15 each.
> > 
> > Have you, by chance, tried it with a lamp module?  I was 
> thinking of getting
> > some flourescent bulbs, but now I'm concerned.  Most of my 
> modules are lamp
> > modules.
> > 
> > Ed
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> 
> The lamp modules use silicon-controlled switches and have a dimmer
> function that does nasty things to the waveform.  They are 
> designed for
> incandescent bulbs only.  The appliance module has a mechanical relay
> and is supposed to work like a wall switch.  I've used it 
> with filament
> lamps and radios w/o a problem.  The screw-in fluorescents have a
> circuit card in the base with at least one IC on board and 
> I'm guessing
> it was the circuit, not the bulb, that got trashed.  Anyway, no, I
> haven't tried screw-in fluorescents with the lamp module but it's not
> recommended by X10.
> 
> --bs
> 
> Robert Stickel
> rstickel at mindspring.com
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