On 1/13/2015 6:00 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:53:37 -0800 (PST), komobu
wrote:

Hi;

My kitchen light fixture uses 3 60w or 75w incandescent bulbs. I also have a ceiling fan that uses 2 60w bulbs and the ceiling lights in the bathrooms and bedrooms.

I would like to go all led. I have X10 throughout my house with the X10 dimable light switches,

You may be SOL. I have an outdoor light on X-10 and put an LED
bulb,and when you switch the light off using the X-10 it just goes
dim, not off. If you slide the lever on the bottom, it does go off,
but then you lose the ability to use the controllers.

Ditto. I have 2 post lights outside. One is switched by and in-line x10
module. It turns on the 5 watt LED in the post light, a small 12 volt
power supply to run a sting of Malibu lights and a few outlets used for
Christmas and Halloween lights. This works ok. The other post light has
an x10 motion detector in the post. I'm only using the internal module
(a relay unit) to run the 5 watt LED in that post light. It works fine.
I want to remove the motion detector as I am doing the motion function
in a different way, so I tried a wall switch module as I have a few in
the x10 parts box. It worked as you describe. It seems there is some
leakage current through the triac which is sufficient to dimly light the
lamp when the module is off. The wall module doesn't have a local on
function like regular lamp and appliance module, so I don't think it is
the local monitor current. I've seen this before with some LED Christmas
lights. For that I am using a Smarthome appliance module which
apparently squirts a smaller amount of monitor current through the LED
circuit. If you turn off said module and look at the Christmas lights
(LED), there is a really faint glow, but not enough to see if you stand
back a few feet.

For my 2nd post light, as I didn't have an in-line module in the x10
parts box, I tried an outlet module by the junction box which is
actually located in the basement, for that post lamp. I temporarily
connected the x10 outlet to the power and use a short line cord with
plug to get power to the line going to the post light. It is now working
perfectly, albeit a real kludge. I'll probably get a large outlet box
and put the mess in that box for safety. It might not be to code, but it
should be safe.

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