alia176
SILVER Star
Hiya fellas,
My house has a Touch Plate (24vdc system switching 120vac) automation system from the '80s and it works brilliantly. I have a hot water recirc pump that we can turn on remotely from the master bathroom and the kitchen. My daughter keeps forgetting to turn it off after her shower so it runs for hours on end. I'm looking for a repeat cycle off delay timer and this is how it needs to function:
Current setup:
user turns on the remote push button (PB) switch in the kitchen. Indicator light turns on.
basement 120vac outlet turns on and the pump runs.
user turns off remote PB and the pump stops. Indicator light turns off.
Future setup:
user turns on the remote push button switch in the kitchen. Indicator light turns on in the kitchen
basement 120vac outlet turns on and the 30 min (selectable by me with dip switches/knob/etc) time delay countdown timer starts.
timer reaches zero and the pump stops but the indicator light is still on.
user has to hit the PB again, turn lights off, then hit the PB again to re-activate the timer in the basement.
There will be some re-training required so that we don't always assume the pump is running because the indicat/or light is on. A simple push of the PB will reset everything. There's also a slight hum that you can make out through out the house when the pump runs.
At this time, I have no interest in breaking into the Touch Plate latching relay circuit to figure out how to turn off the indicator light in the kitchen/master bathroom.
I found something that may work but figure on asking y'all to see if there's something else I should be looking at.
link
My house has a Touch Plate (24vdc system switching 120vac) automation system from the '80s and it works brilliantly. I have a hot water recirc pump that we can turn on remotely from the master bathroom and the kitchen. My daughter keeps forgetting to turn it off after her shower so it runs for hours on end. I'm looking for a repeat cycle off delay timer and this is how it needs to function:
Current setup:
user turns on the remote push button (PB) switch in the kitchen. Indicator light turns on.
basement 120vac outlet turns on and the pump runs.
user turns off remote PB and the pump stops. Indicator light turns off.
Future setup:
user turns on the remote push button switch in the kitchen. Indicator light turns on in the kitchen
basement 120vac outlet turns on and the 30 min (selectable by me with dip switches/knob/etc) time delay countdown timer starts.
timer reaches zero and the pump stops but the indicator light is still on.
user has to hit the PB again, turn lights off, then hit the PB again to re-activate the timer in the basement.
There will be some re-training required so that we don't always assume the pump is running because the indicat/or light is on. A simple push of the PB will reset everything. There's also a slight hum that you can make out through out the house when the pump runs.
At this time, I have no interest in breaking into the Touch Plate latching relay circuit to figure out how to turn off the indicator light in the kitchen/master bathroom.
I found something that may work but figure on asking y'all to see if there's something else I should be looking at.
link