Wiring single pole timer Elect needed

[Roadblock]

This is crazy I cant figure whats wrong I cant get power going through it when I switch on bypassing the timer ?

 

 

 

 

I cut a 1 mtr extension cord in half and have it wired as above and cannot get it to power on when I bypass the timer with the manual switch on the unit , I must have it wired wrong what is the correct wiring here , I feel like a dill thought this would be a no brainer .

 

Thanks

[Hotrod13]

dude im not a sparkey but where does your green earth go? if the timer has no place for the earth i would suggest to do what i do with fridge fans use 2 pin cords wirh no earth the sorta plucs you see on fans stereos clock radios just a active and a netural maybe someone with more sparkey experience will comment soon

[buzzo]

You need the Blue wire..............ah fuck it here ya go Dude see diagram.

 

Yes the brown wires at the input of the timer at L & 1 are linked together.

 

Hope you didn't get ripped Dude, the timer in my picture has 16 amp contact rating, battery back up and fully programmable Din Rail Timer delivered to your door for less than $16

Edited July 10, 2011 by buzzo

[Trickee]

Buzzo, are those kind of timers available to buy pre-wired? I don't want to kill myself or create a fire hazard doing it myself.

[buzzo]

Unfortunately they are not available as pre wired.

 

You can use them as a normal timer or even mount them in a plastic box and wire them from a normal power point.

 

Use some of that good Mind Bending Sativa stuff and the world is your Oyster

 

Picture a plastic box the size of 3 cigarette packets..........One lead coming out you plug into a power point and the other end with a lead that plugs into the Load (The Light).

Then Mounted in the middle of the plastic box is your electronic timer.

 

I could do a run of them for fellow Stoner's if there is enough interest.

 

Unfortunately I don't have anywhere near enough time to do a "Do it yourself guide including parts" to get the average punter to make it from scratch with no skills.

I certainly have the abilility to do it but it will take up a fuck load of time.

 

It's something I will do but can't right now.

[wayno86]

You need the Blue wire..............ah fuck it here ya go Dude see diagram.

 

Yes the brown wires at the input of the timer at L & 1 are linked together.

 

Hope you didn't get ripped Dude, the timer in my picture has 16 amp contact rating, battery back up and fully programmable Din Rail Timer delivered to your door for less than $16

 

 

The timer might have 16A rating, but the powerpoint you plug it into will not be able to handle any more than 10A...

You seem to know a bit about this stuff buzzo, are you a sparky mate?

[Trickee]

Buzzo, you could put a few together and try selling them on ebay to see how popular they are.

 

By the way, my newest timer from ebay just arrived. It has a 16A switching relay (10A running), and uses a rechargeable Ni-MH battery. It cost me around $19. I bought it as a backup that I will use when/if this cheapo HPM timer fails.