>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
>

Ummm...advice to all EE's and possibly others.  Get a radio and
listen to it.   It's really remarkable how many times I have
"accidentally" discovered something about a circuit just from
what comes over the radio.  And I don't mean I was fishing
around for a signal.  I was just using it to listen to
radio stations.

Anyway, it just so happens that this thing happened to me, yet
again, recently when I put in a ("Firecracker") X-10 remote
control setup in my house.  I noted with some amusement that
I could hear the signal coming out of the RF module on my
radio.  BTW, the radio itself wasn't connected to any X-10
module.  And then I discovered some kind of "bug" where the
RF module gets "stuck".   It happens when I try to dim
my lamp.  On/Off works ok but if it gets stuck in the
dim sequence it just keeps transmitting until I unplug it.
Or I can wait awhile and it will stop eventually. Or I
can get right up on it with the remote and somehow
interrupt it.  Or I can fiddle with the telescoping antenna
and get it to stop.  Sometime by adjusting the antenna I
can get it to not do that.  Usually by putting it at an
inconvenient angle or collapsing it so it doesn't receive
so good anyway.

Just thought I'd mention this in case it helps you figure
out something.   Or maybe someone else knows more about
this.

Barry

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