AC Countdown Timer for Electric Heater?

[W. Watson]

It would be good to have a countdown timer that I could plut into a 120v AC outlet,
and then plug a heater into the timer. Turn the dial to 20 minutes with the heater,
and 20 minutes later the 1500 watt heater goes off. No one seems to make them.

I decided to buy a 60 minute timer at the local h/w store and a two outlet socket. I
figured I could put this in an electrical connection square metal box with a 3-prong
wire and plug. Ho-ho. Finding a square box with the lugs for an outlet is not easy. I
was quite surprised. We have several four outlet boxes in the house, but I see they
are plastic and not quite what I had hoped. I checked at RS and they have some
plastic boxes that look like they could do the job if I cut holes in them, but that
will take more than holes.

Any ideas?
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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

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[W. Wat son]

Sylvan Butler wrote:

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 06:09:28 GMT, W. Watson <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote:

Sylvan Butler wrote:

I just put them into a plastic electrical box, put a plastic cover plate
over them. No problem. Even a shallow box is deep enough. Did you


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If you're ever in the area of Boise, Idaho, I'd be willing to meet at
the hardware store to help you get the needed bits. And the folks at
Grover's PayNPak are usually very helpful as well.

sdb
Finally came back to this group. It may be that I will be in Boise this

year. I do go up that way these days. I like to kayak in Idaho and travel
to Yellowstone.

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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

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