TWL: RE: 24/7 air flow --- Was: 120 VAC Fans
Subject: TWL: RE: 24/7 air flow --- Was: 120 VAC Fans
From: Bob McLeran (rmcleran@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 07:25:24 EST
In order to eliminate the problem of drawing too much current from the
controlling device, why not just use a relay switch and draw the fan's
current from the line before the controlling device?
Nunas wrote:
>
> fan. For the fridge, it was the compressor. The only thing you have to
> watch for is that modern appliances sometimes have fairly light-duty
> switching, often solid state; use a fan that is just big enough to do
> the job and not some big honking blower that will draw too much current
> and destroy the device you wish to save!
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