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[MrC]

I grabbed one of these today!


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I only have 1 single wall socket inside my groom and 1 single socket on the outside which has an extension with fans but shares the washing machine. Can I plug the "timer" plug and the "Input" plug on this contactor in to a normal extension lead, then plug the extension in to the single wall socket in the groom and run 2 lights on it? Also if I have this contactor can I use a normal timer?

[Krofam]

see.. i have 2 plugs in my groom, MrC, and its set up like yours. 1 plug has heavy duty extension for fans, extractor and dehum. the other plug has one of these plugged into it...




1 plug power 2 lights upto 1kw each. any more than 2 lights and the unit uses 2 plugs.

i know how contactors can fuck up sometimes so i got 2 of these back in the day just in case. have only ever had to use one. 6years on and still perfect.
expensive but defo worth it imo.

to answer your question.. you could. as long as the extention is heavy duty. reason it need its own socket is to prevent the high discharge going through it..

you could actually plug the timer plug into your extension and have the plug for input go into your 1 socket. it just needs power to let the contactor know when to switch on.

[MrC]

see.. i have 2 plugs in my groom, MrC, and its set up like yours. 1 plug has heavy duty extension for fans, extractor and dehum. the other plug has one of these plugged into it...




1 plug power 2 lights upto 1kw each. any more than 2 lights and the unit uses 2 plugs.

i know how contactors can fuck up sometimes so i got 2 of these back in the day just in case. have only ever had to use one. 6years on and still perfect.
expensive but defo worth it imo.

to answer your question.. you could. as long as the extention is heavy duty. reason it need its own socket is to prevent the high discharge going through it..

you could actually plug the timer plug into your extension and have the plug for input go into your 1 socket. it just needs power to let the contactor know when to switch on.

Aah cool man, thanks for takin the time to explain. I could put lights in one and all else in the other if I had that. Do you have a link you can pm me when you get time? Or just a search term would do.

[Easy-T]

Try this got some up
dual contractor with timer

From behind the bushes

[Krofam]

search: greenpower 2way.

it is pricey, but worth it.
just make sure it uses 1 plug if you get a variant. some of them use 2 plugs for 2 lights. for that just get a cheap one. the convenience of 1 plug is where its value is.