Hi all - I'm new to this forum and am not sure if you deal with 'electrical' as well as 'electronics' related stuff - so forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong area, or shouldn't even be at this site...
My query is this... I have a water heating booster element in my solar water tank on the roof (one of the advantages of moving from UK to Oz), which I want to control using a 24 hour timeswitch (20A timeswitch for the purpose obtained already). Since the timeswitch will be hidden away in a cupboard, I'd like to wire a neon indicator into the circuit, so it is more evident when it is switched on or off (not bothered about whether the thermostat has actually kicked in the element or not, JUST whether the circuit is being supplied with electricity, so we don't inadvertently leave it overridden during 'peak' time). I am 99.9% certain that the neon (with appropriate resistor) should be wired in parallel with the load, across the 2 output terminals of the timeswitch otherwise it would be acting like a fuse - and I don't think it would last long having 20A drawn through it... am I right?
Cheers,
Graham
My query is this... I have a water heating booster element in my solar water tank on the roof (one of the advantages of moving from UK to Oz), which I want to control using a 24 hour timeswitch (20A timeswitch for the purpose obtained already). Since the timeswitch will be hidden away in a cupboard, I'd like to wire a neon indicator into the circuit, so it is more evident when it is switched on or off (not bothered about whether the thermostat has actually kicked in the element or not, JUST whether the circuit is being supplied with electricity, so we don't inadvertently leave it overridden during 'peak' time). I am 99.9% certain that the neon (with appropriate resistor) should be wired in parallel with the load, across the 2 output terminals of the timeswitch otherwise it would be acting like a fuse - and I don't think it would last long having 20A drawn through it... am I right?
Cheers,
Graham