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ARGH!! I could just pull my hair out!! Rushing today and i saw that the top burner on the stove were left on all day, aparently for almost 2 days. it was set very low. Im looking into installing a 'timer' for the stove. Have anyone ever done this with the 240v stove for residential? This one will be ok to do cause there is no long time cooking done on the oven (turkey/roast) ect.. )

Any recommendations for a spring wound timer for 240v.
 
I would set a contactor next to the panel and run a 120v. control circuit with a timer that would be next to the stove. you could use a simple spring loaded timer, or a digital programable timer and program it to turn on and off at specific times every day.
 
I suppose if you have access under the stove in a basement, you could pull the range wire down and set the contactor there and then refeed the recept to the range, then feed the timer from a general purpose circuit that is in close proximity...
 
This sound like an aweful lot of expense and trouble just to relieve what is essentially a pet peeve. Wouldn't it be easier to remember to turn the stove off from now on?
 
Running the coil in a contactor all the time would probably waste more electricity in a week than forgetting to turn the stove off once every 4 or 5 years.
 
mdshunk said:
This sound like an aweful lot of expense and trouble just to relieve what is essentially a pet peeve. Wouldn't it be easier to remember to turn the stove off from now on?
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it depends on how often this happens in thier house, it could be a real safety issue if they have someone that is absent minded and makes a habbit of leaving it on, and as far as expense, I have about everything you need to make this happen laying around in my shop.
 
ultramegabob said:
...and as far as expense, I have about everything you need to make this happen laying around in my shop.
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Maybe, but you bought it at some point. Don't most electric ranges have a red light on them that shows when any burner is on?
 
mdshunk said:
Maybe, but you bought it at some point. Don't most electric ranges have a red light on them that shows when any burner is on?
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actually, i keep alot of contactors and oddball timers that I pull out of jobs, m a real packrat...
 
another idea would be to control the contactor off of the fan switch on your range hood if you have one. You would most likely notice the fan running and turn it off when you are not cooking.
 
keep in mind, that you will not be able to keep accurate time on your stoves clock if you do any of these ideas...
 
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Was just thinking about a similar setup for a relative that has stroke damage and we are afraid that they will forget to shut the stove off and burn the house down so I am thinking of putting it on a 10 min timer which would have to be repeatedly pressed every 10 minutes when cooking to try to make sure it does not get left on and catch fire.
 
quogueelectric said:
Was just thinking about a similar setup for a relative that has stroke damage and we are afraid that they will forget to shut the stove off and burn the house down so I am thinking of putting it on a 10 min timer which would have to be repeatedly pressed every 10 minutes when cooking to try to make sure it does not get left on and catch fire.
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you could get real fancy, and put it on an occupancy sensor ....
 
mdshunk said:
Won't work. It's simple physics. A watched pot never boils.
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you may have me there... however, you could get a occupancy sensor that has an adjustable time delay on it, and be able to leave the room and when you come back, it resets itself....
 
ultramegabob said:
you may have me there... however, you could get a occupancy sensor that has an adjustable time delay on it, and be able to leave the room and when you come back, it resets itself....
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Ah, tricky-tricky.

I was replacing some ballasts in a lab once, and they had a gizmo that stirs boiling pots of whatever. I think it was magnetic. They dropped in a propeller thing in the stew and it started spinning when it hit the bottom.
 
mdshunk said:
Ah, tricky-tricky.

I was replacing some ballasts in a lab once, and they had a gizmo that stirs boiling pots of whatever. I think it was magnetic. They dropped in a propeller thing in the stew and it started spinning when it hit the bottom.
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I cant remember what those thingys are called, but they have a motor that spins a magnet underneith the base, and they place a glass encased steel rod in the beaker I believe...
 
ultramegabob said:
I cant remember what those thingys are called, but they have a motor that spins a magnet underneith the base, and they place a glass encased steel rod in the beaker I believe...
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Magnetic Stirrers.

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mdshunk said:
This sound like an aweful lot of expense and trouble just to relieve what is essentially a pet peeve. Wouldn't it be easier to remember to turn the stove off from now on?
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I agree, hence the purpose of my post. I was asking if anyone knew of an 'INEXPENSIVE' timer for a 240 stove. I didnt want to do a contactor unless i had to. The thing is, is that it scares the 'daylights' out of me if this stove is left on when no one is home. Its just absent mindedness but if i can come up with a 'cheap' way to take care of this issue then that would be great.

I suppose tie a string on my finger and guests/family fingers too huh?
 
brother said:
I agree, hence the purpose of my post. I was asking if anyone knew of an 'INEXPENSIVE' timer for a 240 stove. I didnt want to do a contactor unless i had to. The thing is, is that it scares the 'daylights' out of me if this stove is left on when no one is home. Its just absent mindedness but if i can come up with a 'cheap' way to take care of this issue then that would be great.

I suppose tie a string on my finger and guests/family fingers too huh?
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If doing this could be done cheap, then every stove would have it built in.
 
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