X-10 Appliance module turns back on

[Garey]

I have an appliance module that turns itself back on occasionally. This is
used for coffee maker in the morning. I use Active Home software to program
a CM-11. This is the only module that turns itself back on within 10 -20
sec. None of the others in the house, lamp or appliance, are affected. I
have replaced the module 3 times, changed the time settings, changed house
settings and unplugged the CM-11 (without the batteries) for a few hours and
reloaded it. This setup has been in use for about 3 years when this started
about 6 months ago, happening once in a while. Now it is almost an everyday
occurrence. It will even turn itself back on when you use the
mini-controller to shut it off. If you turn the coffee maker off with the
switch on the pot a few minutes ahead and let the module turn off, then
turn the switch back on all is fine. The coffee maker has an indicator light
built into the on/off switch which has a slowly diminishing glow when the
module turns off. I am wondering if the indicator light has aged and is
drawing enough current to cause the module to turn back on. The only thing I
have not tried is to disable the local control in the module.
Any thoughts or ideas.
Thanks
Garey

[BruceR]

Disable local control and your problem will be solved.

From:Garey
gareymac@aolspot.com

> I have an appliance module that turns itself back on occasionally.
> This is used for coffee maker in the morning. I use Active Home
> software to program a CM-11. This is the only module that turns
> itself back on within 10 -20 sec. None of the others in the house,
> lamp or appliance, are affected. I have replaced the module 3 times,
> changed the time settings, changed house settings and unplugged the
> CM-11 (without the batteries) for a few hours and reloaded it. This
> setup has been in use for about 3 years when this started about 6
> months ago, happening once in a while. Now it is almost an everyday
> occurrence. It will even turn itself back on when you use the
> mini-controller to shut it off. If you turn the coffee maker off with
> the switch on the pot a few minutes ahead and let the module turn
> off, then turn the switch back on all is fine. The coffee maker has
> an indicator light built into the on/off switch which has a slowly
> diminishing glow when the module turns off. I am wondering if the
> indicator light has aged and is drawing enough current to cause the
> module to turn back on. The only thing I have not tried is to disable
> the local control in the module.
> Any thoughts or ideas.
> Thanks
> Garey

[Art Todesco]

It's probably the "keep warm" feature on your coffee pot. It has a
thermostat, i.e. the click one usually hears when it's keeping a pot
warm. When it turns on the element to keep warm, it activates the local
on feature in the module. There are several web sites that show how to
diable this like http://www.laureanno.com/.

Garey wrote:
> I have an appliance module that turns itself back on occasionally. This is
> used for coffee maker in the morning. I use Active Home software to program
> a CM-11. This is the only module that turns itself back on within 10 -20
> sec. None of the others in the house, lamp or appliance, are affected. I
> have replaced the module 3 times, changed the time settings, changed house
> settings and unplugged the CM-11 (without the batteries) for a few hours and
> reloaded it. This setup has been in use for about 3 years when this started
> about 6 months ago, happening once in a while. Now it is almost an everyday
> occurrence. It will even turn itself back on when you use the
> mini-controller to shut it off. If you turn the coffee maker off with the
> switch on the pot a few minutes ahead and let the module turn off, then
> turn the switch back on all is fine. The coffee maker has an indicator light
> built into the on/off switch which has a slowly diminishing glow when the
> module turns off. I am wondering if the indicator light has aged and is
> drawing enough current to cause the module to turn back on. The only thing I
> have not tried is to disable the local control in the module.
> Any thoughts or ideas.
> Thanks
> Garey
>
>