Post 1 made on Sunday March 31, 2002 at 22:05 |
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OK, I have posted this problem before and I seemed to have fixed the problem the first time but get e load of this one. I have mostly IR's in my home and one keypad on the first floor. Here is the weird thing.When the halagen lights in the dinning room corner cabinets are on, I loose IR comunication. The light transformer is pluged into an outlet in one of the cabinets. The outlet is switched at the entrance of the room with a dimmer switch. The closest IF to the dimmer in in another room and about 10' away. Could this dimmer be the problem??? Also, in the same wall as the dimmer I have a Cat5 wire for a future keypad that runs to the punchdown, could this pickup interference? The only time I have a problem is when the lights are on.
Is this common and could I correct the problem by changing the dimmer switch to a single pole switch? Or is the problem with the transformer?
Thank
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Post 2 made on Sunday March 31, 2002 at 22:20 |
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Your IR problem may be the halogen lights...they emit IR. Try a standard incandescent lamp in the same outlet.
John
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OP | Post 3 made on Monday April 1, 2002 at 14:45 |
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Thank John,
I'll try that tonight. If this is the problem, how can I resolve the problem??
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Post 4 made on Wednesday April 17, 2002 at 21:39 |
Try unpunching the cat 5 wire (at the punch down block)you have run up to the dimmer J-Box and see if it goes away.
Also, I'm no hallogen expert, but those devices may not like their transformers put on a dimmer circuit - you might want to contact that manufacturer and see what they say, or try substituting miniature incandescents that can be dimmed without generating lots of noise.
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