Door switch??

[petersonra]

It happens to all of us. :smile:

The question I have with the mechanical switch option is do you really want the receptacle to stay live when the door is not quite closed all the way?

you can adjust the switch so it trips at whatever position you want as the door closes.

 

[mdshunk]

Relay in a box, with DPDT 20 amp contacts, $30.00

*plus*

Alarm contact, $2.50

Use several magnets in a row if you're worried about the drawer being partially ajar and keeping the receptacle hot.

Total control package, $32.50.

Here's a market niche some manufacturer needs to fill. This sort of question about receptacles in vanity drawers comes up on one electrical forum or another every few months.

 

[Greg Swartz]

Relay in a box, with DPDT 20 amp contacts, $30.00

*plus*

Alarm contact, $2.50

Use several magnets in a row if you're worried about the drawer being partially ajar and keeping the receptacle hot.

Total control package, $32.50.

Marc,
You always come up with the neatest solutions.

 

[cschmid]

I make my living selling and installing electrical equipment.

I make mine by installing electrical equipment but after screwing with an out of square ceiling grid for 4 hours trying to get the lights to fit I am ready to rehang a ceiling..So i would be making cash doing carpentry work..no one call the union reps..

 

[electricmanscott]

I would go with Marcs idea. Simple and cost effective.

I also think the timer is a viable solution.

 

[peter d]

I would go with Marcs idea.

Not me, only because I didn't think of it first.

 

[electricmanscott]

Not me, only because I didn't think of it first.

I actually thought of it before I read his idea but that still means he thought of it first. :grin:

 

[wireguru]

It happens to all of us. :smile:

The question I have with the mechanical switch option is do you really want the receptacle to stay live when the door is not quite closed all the way?

set it up so the receptacle is only energized when the drawer is all the way open

 

[roger3829]

Relay in a box, with DPDT 20 amp contacts, $30.00

*plus*

Alarm contact, $2.50

Use several magnets in a row if you're worried about the drawer being partially ajar and keeping the receptacle hot.

Total control package, $32.50.

Thanks everyone.

I think I will try the relay with the magnetic switch.

I'll let you know how it works out.:smile:

 

[LarryFine]

Thanks everyone.

I think I will try the relay with the magnetic switch.

I'll let you know how it works out.:smile:

The RIB does not make its own coil voltage, so you'll need either a magnetic switch safe for use on 120v, or you'll need a 24v transformer.

Notes: The RIB's have dual-voltage coils; 120v and 24v. (There's also a model for 240/277v and 24v.) They also come in 15a and 20a versions.

 

[mdshunk]

The RIB does not make its own coil voltage, so you'll need either a magnetic switch safe for use on 120v, or you'll need a 24v transformer.

Notes: The RIB's have dual-voltage coils; 120v and 24v. (There's also a model for 240/277v and 24v.) They also come in 15a and 20a versions.

No problem. Use a Watt Stopper BZ-100 relay, which does have built in control power for 10 dollars more.

http://www.wattstopper.com/getdoc/1191/iiBZ100_200_02237r1web.pdf

 

[dbuckley]

I'd go a step further with the alarm contacts and relay in a box idea - fit a start button so that once the homeowner has opened the door he presses a button to put the juice on. That way the cat can't burn the house down...

 

[roger]

Too much work for customer

I think the best solution is to tell the lazy customer to stay in bed. :wink:

Roger

 

[ptonsparky]

No problem. Use a Watt Stopper BZ-100 relay, which does have built in control power for 10 dollars more.

http://www.wattstopper.com/getdoc/1191/iiBZ100_200_02237r1web.pdf

Neat stuff!!

 

[bjp_ne_elec]

Would the motion sensor sense the movement from the hair dryer blowing?

I don't think that's where Iwire is going - just sense there's someone in the room. If not, the circuit is shut off. If there is movement, then the circuit gets energized and they can dry their hair to their hearts content. If they inadvertently leave one of the devices on, it's going to shut off with whatever delay you set it up for.

 

[benaround]

I think the best solution is to tell the lazy customer to stay in bed. :wink:

Roger

I'll second that motion !

 

[alfiesauce]

I would have posted a couple nights ago but forgot the company name and finally got into the wholesaler to see their little display-

http://www.betterswitch.com/

The website is probably one of the worst company websites I've seen in a long time, but the BS-100 Flush Mount Switch package is a great unit, and it looks like the bs-200 is good for a full 15 amps. It comes with a contained 120 / LV block that you can put into a junction box, then you just come out of it with the low voltage wire to your reed switch. The little control cube is about an inch cubed. I just installed one in a closet pocket door and it works great.

As far as this application goes, I would be wary of the idea. I would install a timer personally with a max of 15 minutes, but even then, a curling iron in a wooden drawer on for that long could do some damage I would think....

 

[mdshunk]

You're right. That website is awful. I want to be excited about that product, but it's hard to see or learn much from their website.

 

[alfiesauce]

LOL yup... :roll:
How a company can survive with a site like that is beyond me. Seems like a mom and pop operation.
I've got a couple more to install soon I'll take a picture and scan the instruction paper for you if you want.

 

[ce2two]

My wife had me install a twist timer because she sometimes forgets to shut off the curling iron etc,etc a simple fix......Used a twist timer to control gfci in bathroom........