Some days/nights I want to keep the stove running a few hours longer when I go to work or sleep but I don't want to leave it on for the whole time. So I bought a spring loaded 6 hour timer to hook up to my stove. I was going to put it in parallel with one of the wires going to the ON/OFF switch so I could set it to however many hours I wanted, flip the stove switch to OFF, and leave it alone.
I got the timer in the mail today and got ready to install it and then saw the stove switch is a DPST. I figured it was just redundancy but nope, if any of the 4 wires are pulled, it turns off. So then I thought they went to different components but both sets go to these electronic timers that are side by side: http://www.primetechnology.com/refr...d=1134&catInfoId=1051&ItemDescription=644A-55
They both seem to be wired up the same way except one has two wires connected to the initiate terminal and one has "off resistance" instead of the "initiate". The + of the input on both of them is bridged together.
Anyways, my question is, why is that a DPST swtich vs a SPST switch? Is it just so they don't have to have 4 wires running into 2 terminals or is there another reason? And will it hurt the stove if I do combine them into one circuit to connect the timer? The DPST model of this timer is $50 and I really don't want to deal with a return and paying that much for a spring loaded timer. Will it hurt anything to use the SPST timer? I can't find a wiring diagram for this stove anywhere. It's an early 90s Avalon 900PS
I got the timer in the mail today and got ready to install it and then saw the stove switch is a DPST. I figured it was just redundancy but nope, if any of the 4 wires are pulled, it turns off. So then I thought they went to different components but both sets go to these electronic timers that are side by side: http://www.primetechnology.com/refr...d=1134&catInfoId=1051&ItemDescription=644A-55
They both seem to be wired up the same way except one has two wires connected to the initiate terminal and one has "off resistance" instead of the "initiate". The + of the input on both of them is bridged together.
Anyways, my question is, why is that a DPST swtich vs a SPST switch? Is it just so they don't have to have 4 wires running into 2 terminals or is there another reason? And will it hurt the stove if I do combine them into one circuit to connect the timer? The DPST model of this timer is $50 and I really don't want to deal with a return and paying that much for a spring loaded timer. Will it hurt anything to use the SPST timer? I can't find a wiring diagram for this stove anywhere. It's an early 90s Avalon 900PS
