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

[Jeremy Gagliardi com]

Even though I haven't witnessed it myself, this seems like a problem that 
could
occur at any time, and over-boiling batteries is bad.

Regarding wiring the landis controller in parallel with the stock timer, 
let's
go from "it's not necessary" to "it's not recommended".  I have 
disconnected my
timer and left only the controller in place.

--
Jeremy Gagliardi
E20
Bethesda, Md

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:52:27 -0400, Garry & Terry Freese wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >--
> >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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