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Old 12-07-2018, 04:03 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by sdowney717 View Post
There must be a motor or something that uses a lot of power that comes on, and that is what you would have to connect the relay coil up with.
You would leave the device fully powered on all the time so you would not lose the settings.

I am sure there is a service panel and then you have to run a small wire from there out to the relay for the signal to open the circuit to the other appliance.

So it would be a SPDT or DPDT type power relay rated for the proper amps, so when the relay coil is energized, it open circuits the other device. I think it is the cheapest simplest way to shed the load. Some kind of load shedding circuit sensing equipment is going to cost a lot more money, I would think.


Agreed. It’s just that most people wouldn’t want to crack open the appliance for such a hack, and I say hack in a good way, not a bad way.
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