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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: hani agrama on February 04, 2006, 05:21:08 PM

Title: WATER HEATERS
Post by: hani agrama on February 04, 2006, 05:21:08 PM

I would appreciate any ideas fo a timer or
a way to control a hot water heater

Title: Re: WATER HEATERS
Post by: Brian H on February 04, 2006, 07:48:19 PM

I have seen one X10 Compatible heavy duty
switch that can do 220 Volts at 30 amps
switchine both hot leads or two individual
120 volt 30 amp one from each phase as it is
wired to both phases. It also acts like a
repeater/coupler. Now it is NOT cheap around
$130. ELK-9100
www.elkproducts.com
Smarthome www.smarthome.com/1289.html
Automatedoutlet.com also lists it and I
would guess other automation dealers.
You can get a copy of the users manual for
it on the elk site or the Smarthome web page.

Title: Re: WATER HEATERS
Post by: tomb on February 05, 2006, 01:01:49 AM

I'll second the Elk 9100.   I've been using
one for several months and it works as
advertised.

Thomas