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I am interested in purchasing an AEG TXC508B2B Condenser tumble dryer. However, I note in the manual the following…
WARNING: The appliance must not be supplied through an external switching device, such as a timer, or connected to a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by a utility.
I don’t understand the premise of this statement so my question is can I use a single smart plug in the socket and then in turn have the appliance plugged into the smart plug? I don’t really understand the reasoning about the circuit being regularly switched off by a utility as surely wouldn’t unplugging the appliance when not in use be the same thing as what a smart plug would do? I do not intend for the smart plug to turn the appliance off mid-cycle but it is handy for monitoring the usage and to check if the dryer has completed its cycle as well as cutting the electrical supply when the cycle has finished. The tumble dryer would be in a utility room and I’d physically turn the button off when I next went out there. I also need the extra depth of the plug in order to avoid bumping into other things in the adjacent socket.
I imagine the reasoning is so it doesn’t get turned off when running as that could cause damage, even one time.
But, to switch it of when not in use is probably not at all worth it, the draw of the smart plug is probably the same or greater than the dryer when it’s off so that I’d say was pretty pointless.
K.
[USER=”2″]kwatt[/USER] Thanks for your reply. I was thinking more about a fire hazard rather than the saving in electricity.
Re the appliance being turned off whilst running – I hope they’ve built in a bit of resilience as power cuts can and do occur from time to time.
There’s little more risk of that than from the smart plug, I know I have used most protocol types since the days of X10, but it’s far, far more likely to have a problem with the socket, which no smart plug can help with.
And sadly, with one-shot safety thermostats used on most these days, regardless of how the machine’s cycle is stopped when operational, it can trip that and the only cure is replacement which can all too often mean a new heater unit assembly. That is done for safety reasons though I strongly disagree whith those thermostats not being available as a spare part for most now.
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