DirkR Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 Hi All, I'm just getting started with all the home automation goodness, and to get things going I hooked up one my X-Mas LED lights to a LampLinc ('tis the season, what can I say . But even if it's set to off and every indication I have says it's off, the lamps are clearly still on, just at a low level. No problem, just turn off load sensing and all is well, no? Well, no. Even though I follow the instructions (long press, double click) and the responses seem to make sense, there is still some leftover light. The funny thing is that they do turn off completely when I turn them off using the LL or a remote, but after a few seconds they slowly come back a little. Does anybody see the same effect? Any hints what I might be doing wrong? Thanks!
Teken Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 Hi All, I'm just getting started with all the home automation goodness, and to get things going I hooked up one my X-Mas LED lights to a LampLinc ('tis the season, what can I say . But even if it's set to off and every indication I have says it's off, the lamps are clearly still on, just at a low level. No problem, just turn off load sensing and all is well, no? Well, no. Even though I follow the instructions (long press, double click) and the responses seem to make sense, there is still some leftover light. The funny thing is that they do turn off completely when I turn them off using the LL or a remote, but after a few seconds they slowly come back a little. Does anybody see the same effect? Any hints what I might be doing wrong? Thanks! If you're seeing this on LED lighting this is a known issue due to leaking current from the module. Your only option is to place a small load at the end and this will resolve the issue at hand.
Brian H Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 Turning Off the Load Sensing feature does not remove the sensing current. It just tells the module to ignore seeing the local loads on off switch being toggled. As mentioned a small incandescent load like a 4 watt night light. Should stop the the low glowing of the LEDs.
MWareman Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 ....Or change to an ApplianceLinc for the non-dimmable lights
Brian H Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 The 2456S3 Appliancelincs also have the Local Control Sensing current. The Revision 4.? ones also have a snubber network across the relay contacts. So when Off there is current through the snubber also. So small load LEDs may also glow with them. I can't say about the Dual Band On/Off Model as I have none to test.
Techman Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 The dual band On/Off modules do not have load sensing and will work with the LED lights
Brian H Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 Thank you for the information on the Dual Band On/Off module.
Techman Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 I replaced all my ApplianceLincs with the newer dual band on/off modules which are more reliable and I have not had any issues.
DirkR Posted December 4, 2014 Author Posted December 4, 2014 It's a little strange that they keep the sensing current going when sensing is off... The nightlight was a good idea, that fixed it! Thanks! Good to know about the On/Off modules, but for this one I do want the dimmer part. Thanks to everybody for the quick responses! I will probably be back for more once I have everything else installed...
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