[ale] Re: OT: Looking for electrical parts?

[Robert L. Harris]

Didn't know about the Attic fans.  You're describing what I was planning
but just using the 12hour dial timer and put a notch on the dial for 3
hours where it's easy to read.

Thus spake John Mills (johnmills at speakeasy.net):

> Hi -
> 
> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> > I've checked Home Depot.  They don't have any timed electrical outlets
> > that just turn off after X hours.  They have some for turn on at 5, off
> > at 6, etc or some wall mount switches that are 1 hour or 12 hours which
> > is likely what I'll use.
> 
> Have you looked at attic-fan controls at home depot? I think some of those
> have 3-6 hr. ranges on a timer dial you set to turn on the power. They fit
> in a standard wall-mount switch box, but you could take a double junction
> box, populate one side with the timer switch and the other with a standard
> dual receptacle running off the timer, and put the whole shebang on a
> heavy-duty power cord. Wouldn't be waterproof but sounds like what you
> may have had in mind. Turn it on for the desired time delay, go away, and 
> at the end of the interval it turns off (just before the neighbors call 
> the cops, is you set it right).
> 
>  John Mills
>  john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu
> 
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