On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 13:47:42 -0500, Jim wrote:

>Why is the section of my original message missing that
>describes that I observed a *significant* change in the
>current waveform between full cycles of 60 Hz line being
>appled to a lamp versus what I obeserved when using a
>diode in series with the same lamp?
>
>I used that as *evidence* that the filament does cool
>sufficiently to change it's resistance characteristics - and
>it can do so in the time of one/half cycle.
>
>Did I not convey that idea in my original post?
>
>Also, the fact that I've got a bulb with years on it
>*yet* several cycles a day should also  lend credence
>to some method or mechanism in the X10 wall-switch module
>that prevent a FULL 170 Volts peak from being applied
>to a *cold* (amd low resistance) filament at random.

... And, no doubt, protecting the itty-bitty parts inside <G>.

I've taken them apart and marveled at why the don't go dead
sooner than they do! Seems that I frequently need to unplug
and plug back in some lamp modules and even more so
with the RF reciever modules, to get them to act normally again.

Dan

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