I think you should be fine. Line voltage timers act like mechanical switches and their AC nature means they can probably handle voltage on either side of the line regardless of the switch position.
Wow, they are really coming down in price thanks to the medicinal power of THC. Most timers like this $12 digital one is rated for 120V 15amps 1500-1800watt (corresponding to a residential code circuit with 14 gauge wiring). this one is also rated for inductance loads, pumps, fans, etc. http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=8819 Sent from a mobile device. http://thomashudson.org/ On Aug 28, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: I want to use a consumer-level timer in an arrangement where the power supplied to the load can also come via another path, i.e., a manual switch. This means that when the timer is "off" it is possible that the output of the timer will be powered. Assuming that I do nothing stupid and keep proper track of the neutral and "hot" lines, is there a problem with this? I assume that if the timer uses a mechanical relay on its output, there would be no problem. But if it uses a solid state relay, can there be a problem? Thanks, -Denis _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
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