The Canadian one is made by Aube.



On Mon, 02 May 2005 14:22:03 GMT, frank1492
wrote:

This gets complicated. I used the SS7 (don't know about the C) for
years and had endless trouble with the little motor (relay) inside.
When left in an unheated house over the winter (even with the
battery out and the switch disconnected) I would return and find
the "no0p" message when the battery was reinstalled. This happened
repeatedly! The relay failed even with one of the switches installed
in a moderately cold environment but with heat in the house.
I was told at the time by someone in this newsgroup that there
was a known problem with these switches but that IM continued
to market them. IM always sent replacements promptly, but that
was small consolation for the nuisance of having to constantly
replace them!
Apparently you have never seen this.
I really do appreciate your help, but I am done buying these
switches. I thought the EJ500C might be the answer because it
does not appear to use a mecahnical relay, but it obviously has
this inductance problem.
There is a Canadian company that makes a similar switch.
Any experience with that one?
Thanks.
Frank









On Sun, 01 May 2005 21:08:41 GMT, "Travis Jordan"
wrote:

frank1492 wrote:
I thought this successor to an earlier version (the one with the
mechanical relay) would solve its problems (premature failure
especially in cold environments.)
The EJ500C was connected in a simple circuit to a 60-W
bulb. It started to smell in under 2 minutes.

The low-end Intermatic products ARE junk. Use the SS7C - it is much
better designed and will handle inductive loads (that's the root cause
of your problem - the large inductance of the long load circuit).