I was thinking. With most of the wiring ideas that are presented, a common theme is not to depend on a primary way of controling the heat but to have a secondary fall back.



With a given that you are in a room with a controlled temp. Could you do the same thing without using a Ranco and just use 2 com. dimmers, one opened up and taped/secured a litte past the primarys setting so that if you used a timer for nite time drop if the first dimmer failed at full on you would have the second secured dimmer as a fallback/safety without the expense/complication of a Thrmostat? and without the full on power wear on your heater, not to mention the benifit of an auto nite drop for those times when your busy.



Just a thought. Not very savy with electrical stuff.



Thanks, Bob

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• Any thoughts on this heat control Idea? - Frazenhiemer, Wed Mar 23 17:23:10 2005
• RE: Any thoughts on this heat control Idea? - chris_harper2, Wed Mar 23 17:34:49 2005
• RE: Any thoughts on this heat control Idea? - bighurt, Wed Mar 23 18:20:17 2005
• Do you have a sketch or picture you could provide.... - BobS, Wed Mar 23 19:39:38 2005
• RE: Do you have a sketch or picture you could provide.... - bighurt, Wed Mar 23 20:36:19 2005
• thanks. N/P - bobS, Wed Mar 23 20:54:27 2005
• Is this possible?.... - bobs, Thu Mar 24 12:15:45 2005
• Here's another possible thought - Chris_Toon, Thu Mar 24 14:04:32 2005
• RE: Any thoughts on this heat control Idea? - Chris_Toon, Thu Mar 24 00:12:06 2005
• RE: Your theory on heat element wear is incorrect, here's why - markg, Thu Mar 24 18:59:37 2005
• RE: Your theory on heat element wear is incorrect, here's why - frazenhiemer, Thu Mar 24 20:03:44 2005
• RE: You are right about the cost. More - markg, Thu Mar 24 21:47:11 2005
• RE: You are right about the cost. More - Frazenhiemer, Sun Mar 27 19:26:48 2005
• RE: Can be done - markg, Mon Mar 28 19:46:24 2005