AKC Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Hi folks - I'm trying to swap in a C4-120277 switch for a regular light switch that's wired inline with a 45W transformer powering my front lighting. It *looks* like I've wired it up properly - I get a solid LED, and it identifies and connects to the project fine. But when I try to turn it on the properties report it's using 15672 watts and, predictably, the fault protection fires and the thing turns red and off. I'm not sure how it could possibly be pulling that kind of wattage. I've measured the line in with a multimeter and it's at 126V and it's on a 15A breaker. When I don't turn the switch on, everything seems fine and the circuit is well behaved with a simple switch. Any thoughts? I feel like I must be missing something obvious. edit: probably related, sometimes it spends a lot of time flickering green. I thought it’d stopped doing that, but it’s back. Here’s a vid: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowitall Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Does it operate as expected when you disconnect the “load”? Seems to have some power bleeding somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Not sure where you live? I’m based in South Africa and we have terrible power supply here. I sometimes see behavior like your video after a few power (voltage) dips in quick succession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Turning the power off for 30 seconds and then back on always fixes the problem for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKC Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 @knowitallI'm seeing the same behavior if I disconnect the load. @South Africa C4 user I'm in California. Voltage seems pretty stable here. I've power cycled several times and see the same behavior I'm thinking it's a bad switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, AKC said: @knowitallI'm seeing the same behavior if I disconnect the load. @South Africa C4 user I'm in California. Voltage seems pretty stable here. I've power cycled several times and see the same behavior I'm thinking it's a bad switch. Quite possibly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyarjun Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Did you resolve the issue because I seem to be having the same problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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