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| harvey@nospam.edu 2008-01-15, 1:25 pm |
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"Harvtran@yoohoo.edu" <htran@yoohoo.org> wrote in message
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>I have a porch light with a motion sensor outside the sliding doors leading
>to my backyard deck. It is on the same circuit as the lights in the
>kitchen.
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> When the kitchen lights are turned on the porch light will also come on.
> It will act normally after that.
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> Any ideas?
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Turns out not just incandescent lights turn on the porch light. The
overhead fixture in the dining room and flood light above the sink also turn
it on.
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| charles 2008-01-15, 1:25 pm |
| In article <13opo7t7a0pud81@corp.supernews.com>,
harvey@nospam.edu <harvey@yoohoo.org> wrote:
> "Harvtran@yoohoo.edu" <htran@yoohoo.org> wrote in message
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> Turns out not just incandescent lights turn on the porch light. The
> overhead fixture in the dining room and flood light above the sink also
> turn it on.
all that is happening is a surge on the lighting circuit is affecting the
cheap electronics in the motion sensor.
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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11
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| gfretwell@aol.com 2008-01-15, 9:25 pm |
| On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:36:16 -0800, "harvey@nospam.edu"
<harvey@yoohoo.org> wrote:
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>"Harvtran@yoohoo.edu" <htran@yoohoo.org> wrote in message
>news:13omtme3nfqbi64@corp.supernews.com...
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>Turns out not just incandescent lights turn on the porch light. The
>overhead fixture in the dining room and flood light above the sink also turn
>it on.
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If they are all on the same breaker I would think more about that
loose connection.
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| grinder@yoohoo.edu 2008-01-16, 5:25 pm |
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<gfretwell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:36:16 -0800, "harvey@nospam.edu"
> <harvey@yoohoo.org> wrote:
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> If they are all on the same breaker I would think more about that
> loose connection.
You must be referring to a possible loose connection at the light (maybe
with internal electronics).
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"grinder@yoohoo.edu" <nottoday@yoohoo.org> wrote in message
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> <gfretwell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> You must be referring to a possible loose connection at the light (maybe
> with internal electronics).
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Or the obvious solution is to check that you are not switching the neutral
wire, this would have the same effect
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| harvt@yoohoo.edu 2008-01-18, 1:25 pm |
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"gavin" <gav_parsons@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "grinder@yoohoo.edu" <nottoday@yoohoo.org> wrote in message
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> Or the obvious solution is to check that you are not switching the neutral
> wire, this would have the same effect
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Checked the two switches and they are wired correctly. Either it is
something to do with the combination of sensor electronics and the
aluminum wiring in the house. I am going to check the other connections on
the entire circuit.
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