Post 1 made on Friday March 26, 2004 at 14:08 |
rttrek Long Time Member |
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I plugged an ESM1 meter into the second plug on an outlet which has a LampLinc plugged into its other plug. A 300W halogen torchier is plugged into the LampLinc. I was surprised to see 1 to 2 bars show on the meter at all times. The X-10 signal LED is off.
Unplugging the LampLinc makes this "noise" go away. Unfortunately, I haven't tried unplugging the torch from the LampLinc.
Could the LampLinc be causing this? Is it bad? Could the torch be responsible?
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Post 2 made on Friday March 26, 2004 at 16:26 |
Deane Johnson Founding Member |
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The way you would discover this would be to plug the torch into the socket direct and see what the meter says. It's a process of elimination. My guess is that the lamp has a dimmer in it that may conflict with the LampLinc also.
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Post 3 made on Friday March 26, 2004 at 20:42 |
RWI Founding Member |
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I am thinking that light is Halogen, if so I think this is normal, all of my halogen's seem to cause some noise.
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OP | Post 4 made on Saturday March 27, 2004 at 15:17 |
rttrek Long Time Member |
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Yes, the lamp itself is the problem. I believe it is its dimmer rather than it being halogen, mainly because I swapped it with another halogen torchier which has had its dimmer removed and the noise disappeared.
Plugging the noisy torch into a 10 amp FilterLinc did nothing to hide the noise.
Now i just need to solve my weak signal problem. Hopefully a bridge/repeater will do the job.
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