"Stack Overflow"?

[Greg Sutherland]

The default address is M13 when you don't have dials.  I have two 
switches that revert to it any time I get a power surge.  I hate it and 
would much rather have switches with dials.
greg

On Mar 27, 2006, at 5:35 PM, James Sentman wrote:
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> Pressure on the wires is a bad thing, or at least too much is. Redress 
> things to clean it up, if it's really crowded you really should 
> consider either putting in a bigger box (a big job!) or putting an old 
> work box against the next stud in the wall and move one of the 
> switches to that to get some more room. That is potentially a fire 
> hazard if the connections are under a lot of strain. If it's just the 
> box and the wall and the cover that dont line up properly though then 
> it's very likely internal stresses on the switch. Is it possible that 
> the frame is getting bent enough that the dials dont make good contact 
> with the board? They are just held in there, too much flexing and they 
> will revert to either a pseudo random address, or I think it's M13 
> that they revert to if there are no connections to the dials. Can't 
> remember for sure about that default address, but I think that is what 
> it is, someone else will correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> -James
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