This is strange...........

[Travis]

I'm having a very strange x-10 module problem. The module for my return pump stopped responding on the circuit it is on. I moved it to another circuit and it worked fine. Then tried yet another circuit and it still worked fine. Then back to the original circuit and it doesn't respond. I have 3 other modules on this circuit that are responding normally. 2 of them are light modules (1 for red night lights and 1 for moon lights) and the other is an appliance module that controls my heaters. I even tried the return pump module on the same outlets as the other modules and it doesn't work on that circuit. I tried changing the module name, letter, and number and still nothing on that circuit but it works fine on other circuits. I tried other modules for other equipment on the circuit and they all work fine. What is up?

I double checked my Aquanotes program to make sure I didn't have a command in there that may be overriding the module. The only commands for the return pump are:

If Time > 00:00 Then RTN ON
If Feed cycle Then RTN OFF

 

[North Bay 101]

Over the last 4 years that I have been using my Aquacontroller I have had a couple of modules that went bad. Maybe this is what has happened. I have found that some surge suppressors remove the X-10 signal from getting relayed. Sometimes it is a trial and error process. When the system works, it works well.

 

[Travis]

I've noticed the same. I've only had my Aquacontroller for a little over a year and I control the maximum of 20 devices. Over the past year I've had 3 modules go bad already.

This time it wasn't the module itself though. I tried the module on other circuits and it worked fine.... just not the circuit it was supposed to be on.

FWIW, about an hour ago I tried it again on the same circuit it was originally on and it works fine now. Go figure. I would still love to hear any ideas as to why it wasn't working.

 

[Aquaduck]

There is no explanation. Some modules just go bad after a while. I have the same problem with some heavy duty X-10 receptacles. Moving them to other circuits didn't help though. Some addresses where unresponsive and some modules turned on/off when other modules on the same circuit switched on/off even though they had different address codes. That is why I went with the Direct Connect boxes. I have my non-critical things like moon lights on X-10 though.

 

[reefkeeps]

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