Time Delay Fuse

adambuild

Interesting idea, though if I was the customer, I'd just call someone else in to troubleshoot and fix. If I was called in to do same and didn't know another company was stiffed, I'd definitely find it, shrug my shoulders and bypass it. The only hope in my opinion would be if the higher end boilers with programming had access codes that could lock out the control. But even then, one could go out and buy a new one..................

Paul Rohrs_4

anyone know of a source

for a time delay fuse that will react after 30-45-60 days use? 24V, 120V, or 240V ac.

This could be something we wire in series to OUR equipment on job-sites until it is paid for. In other words, after 60 days of use with our boiler for space heating and/or DHW, and we have not recieved a check/payment, fuse or relay breaks power to the unit in a manner difficult to find and that is not resettable.

I view this as our equipment until it is paid for.

Regards,

PR

Rocky_3

Uponor's Logic control

Will let us do just that, via programming. I specifically asked them that question. You can go in from your computer and change the programming. You can give them cold showers and a "just-above-freezing" house (after all, we don't want the liability of freezing up their house)! This of course is all predicated on having access to their system with our computer...but....it is something.

Sounds like you are dealing with a bad situation.Sorry.

Rocky

jp_2

down side

if something goes wrong, I would bet the judge rules in favor of the customer and you would get the shaft, mid winter freeze ups?

siggy

Rocky

Do you really give people cold showers in Fairbanks?

Wow, that's got to get their attention.

siggy

MIke_Jonas

I knew a scorched air guy that would hide a time delay relay in the cabinet. He found one that was adjustable in days. He'd set it for 30 days. If he got paid on time, he'd ask the customer if he could come back as a "courtesy" check and remove the relay. If the time elapsed, no heat. If the customer called him, he'd say have my check waiting, he'd re-set the timer...just in case the check didn't clear.

His thinking was if the furnace went "out" and the deadbeat called someone else, the other company would wonder why they were being called on a new piece of equipment and maybe walk from the job.

Seems to me Grainger had an assortment of very small timers that you could set to days.

burnerman_2

heard a story

heard a story bout a guy who was not paid 4 an a/c install went back one nite and removed a wire course the costumer calls yells the dang thing u sold me isn't workin guy goes u pay me and it will work mmm i guess you will always have deadbeats royboy

Brad White_185

Time Delay Lawyers?

I always wanted a lawyer that would lay in waiting to do my bidding then self-destruct.

Unknown

Once,

I was living with some people, they had the stack switch changed and didn't pay the bill. One day they came home and the stack switch was gone. I laughed...then I chewed their butts out for being... well, you know.

I like the time delay for 30 days thing but I was thinking more in 30 days a DT relay where one side deenergizes the furnace (or whatever) and the other sets off a smoke bomb inside the cabinet. That'd get some response.