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Old 08-04-2010, 11:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Setting up delay wall timer

I have a Sonnenbraune 732/3 that we have just bypassed the timer and use the on/off switch on the bed itself with a beeping timer to alert us when time is up. However, I'm a little concerned about someone falling asleep and baking to death, so I want to hook up a wall timer. I purchased a GE wall delay timer at home depot that has 10/20/30 min delay buttons, but I can't figure out how to wire it to the bed. The bed currently has the long wall timer connection cord with the black and red wires just wrapped together with a wire nut. The new delay wall timer has 4 wires (black, blue, white, green). How do I connect these 4 wires to the black and red wires on the bed? I hope I'm correct in assuming that once it's hooked up, we just have to press one of the 10/20/30 min buttons on the wall timer for the bed to run for the specified time?

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Re: Setting up delay wall timer

Uh oh, that wasn't the response I expected... Parrot Heads was pretty funny though. This is for my home, not a salon if that's what you guys thought. I've read many threads on here where experts tell people to get a simple intermatic dial type wall timer at Home Depot. What did I say that was so bad?
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The fact that you asked the question on a forum for tanning salon owners without saying it was for home use is why you got the response you did. It was automatically assumed that you were running a hack job of a salon.
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Re: Setting up delay wall timer

Oops, sorry about that - I should have stated it was personal use.

I had an electrician come over and found out that the timer I got has a neutral wire because of the led lights on each button to show what what was selected. This type of timer will not work with this bed. I had to get a basic dial type timer and it works great. Might not look as good, but it works.

Thanks, and again I apologize for the misunderstanding.
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Why did you not buy the correct timer for the bed in the first place?
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I read several posts that said "any basic timer will work. Go to Home Depot and purchase a simple timer and it's very easy to hook up". So that's what I did. They did not have any dial timers in stock, but had these newer 4 button select-a-min type timers that said 'replaces all standard dial-type timers' on the box. I figured they would work the same, and looked much nicer as well. Instead of turning a dial and guessing which tiny notch is 15 or 20 minutes etc... all you had to do was press a button. But apparently these fancier timers require an additional neutral wire which my beds connection does not have.
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We have some nutz houses around where I live. Have you fried that? Put a Tmax timer on it and be done with it.
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