RE: Anyone automated a cooker timer?

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Ken,

Ahh, I was assuming that HV would just to the timing (and maybe
announcemen=
ts) but nothing else. I hadn't considered it for the switching aswell. Is
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hat a black mark for not being fully HA-focussed ? :-))=20=20

Just thinking about it quickly now, you could switch the whole oven on/off
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with a mains/mains relay (and driven by X10 on the coil side) but I guess
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hat's not too user-friendly since you then have to activate the timer just
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to do piece of toast.

Perhaps we need just need ovens with X10 / xAP / RS232 interfaces ? :-)

Cheers,

Tim H.


-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt=20

> Could you implement the timer function outside the cooker such that an
> external device e.g. Homevision etc. does the timing function and
plays
> the announcement ?=20

The problem is not a programming one, more how to integrate with a timer
*THAT SWITCHES MAIN CURRENT* and one of heat! If the cable to connect
touches the oven casing that casing will regularly hit 200C and in a
pyro oven go a hell of a lot higher than that.

Trust me, I've thought about it as I cook, use the timer an awful lot
and have HV but there is no *safe* way to do this TBH. I would love to
do it but I'm not prepared to risk it.

Another thing to bear in mind is that no manufacturer supplies any
internal spares for clock/timer units so if you blow it start counting
at about =A380-90 for a new one and it only gets worse from there!

If you do go tampering with the clock, don't say I didn't warn you! ;)

K.

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