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Re: (ET) RE: Installing Landis controller in an Elec-Trak E-20

The stock timer is 2 parts, held together by 2 small screws on the motor side. You have a mechanical switch, like you said, on the top half with the knob shaft, and then the other part is a small motor that starts when you turn the mechanical switch to ON. The motor threw gearing then slowly moves the mechanical switch back to zero and then turns OFF. It is very easy to change out either part to make a good stock timer. You just have to find out what is the part is defective. Mutual conductance is when 2 wires are close together, the wire that has current going threw it will transfer small amounts of current threw the adjacent wire. It would not take very much to start a small motor. Some people may call it a form of EMF. 
Garry  East TN


At 03:14 PM 6/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:

Hasn't happened to me.  How could that happen, since the timer switch is
mechanical, not electronic?!?  Could something have bumped the switch on,
possibly rattled it during use?  You wouldn't notice it until you actually
plugged it in.

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Jeremy Gagliardi
E20
Bethesda, Md

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:49:43 -0400, Garry & Terry Freese wrote:
> Just when you think you have seen it all,  you get surprised.
> Yes, I was beginning to think I had a mouse in the basement, Installed the > Landis controller as per the instruction sheet, connected the red and black 
> wires to the accessory plug and connected the controller in parallel with
> the stock timer.  Everything was working just fine as I kept watching the
> controller turning off and on.  BUT, (3) three different times the stock
> timer turned ON BY itself.  This meant it started at 0 and was starting 
to
> rotate 360 depress around to get back to zero. NOT GOOD. YES, COOK the
> batteries.  The only thing that could cause this is mutual conductance
> between the wires that are connected to the timer motor, that I know of,
> PLEASE COMMENT.  Rather than shield or move the wires around, I connected
> an ON/OFF switch to one of the wires of the timer motor.  Now if I want 
to
> use the stock timer I have to turn ON the switch and turn the stock timer
> to the desired position.  Yes this was on an E-20.  The mouse has not 
come
> back since the ON/OFF switch has been installed.
> Has anyone else had this happen? Sorry don't have any kids or pets that I > could blame. It's just me the wife and the mouse and a whole basement full 
> of Elec-Traks.

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