One Hour Appliance Timer--Where Finde?

[W. Watson]

Where can I get an appliance timer that I can just set to some time between 0 minutes
and 60 minutes to turn on a 1500 watt heater, and then turn it off? I'd like not to
have to wire it into the AC circuit. It should be like a typical 24 hour appliance timer.
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Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet, Nevada City, CA)
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[JeffM]

an appliance timer...time between 0 minutes and 60 minutes
to turn on a 1500 watt heater, and then turn it off?
Wayne T. Watson

http://www.grainger.com/
You will likely also have to get
a junction box, outlet, and line cord / plug
and wire it up as a stand-alone unit.

BTW, make sure that this 1500W load
is the only thing on the circuit (breaker).

 

[W. Watson]

JeffM wrote:

an appliance timer...time between 0 minutes and 60 minutes
to turn on a 1500 watt heater, and then turn it off?
Wayne T. Watson


http://www.grainger.com/
You will likely also have to get
a junction box, outlet, and line cord / plug
and wire it up as a stand-alone unit.

BTW, make sure that this 1500W load
is the only thing on the circuit (breaker).
Sounds like a good solution. Why the only thing? I would think most circuits could

handle a few thousand watts. Is it something about the timer box itself?

--
Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet, Nevada City, CA)
-- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39° 8' 0" N, 121° 1' 0" W

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landing at sunset. This causes the earth to spin on its axis." -- Unknown

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[JeffM]

BTW, make sure that this 1500W load
is the only thing on the circuit (breaker).

Why the only thing?
I would think most circuits could handle a few thousand watts.
Wayne T. Watson

Making certain assumptions and erring on the safe side.
I'm thinking 15A residential breakers and inrush current.
1500W / 120V = 12.5A continuous ( + cold element surge)