When i put the volt meter between the black and white lines I get a 238 reading. With the old SPST, yes, i was breaking only one of the lines while keeping the other connect. I get no reading from the volt meter from the green ground wire.
Thanks everyone for responding. I really appreciate it.
I'm in the Northeast US and my house was built in 1969. The line is 240v (238 really) coming from the romex, White, Black and Green ground. I orignally bought a SPST 15 years ago and it was easy to wire. In fact I have done a lot of...
Ok, so I attach the load to 4 & 6 and do the jumpers too? Thats where I'm getting a little confused. With the old SPST box there were just 3 pins. So on the DPST each pin is not tied to anything else. So the jumpers is what bridges them, right?
Yeah I know. There is English on other pages but when it comes to the circuit layout, it goes foreign. Nowhere in the box does it show an English representation.
But here is the full PDF http://www.intermatic.com/~/media/files/intermatic/products/instructions/timers/eh10%20-%20english.ashx
Thanks for responding so quickly. I've done this before years ago but I'm a little rusty. I think your suggestion sounds right. I have some friends who do this but they are hard to get a hold of.
Hello,
I have a 240v water heater with a machincal timer which went bye-bye after I installed it over 15 years ageo. Those darn plastic gears finnaly broke. So I bought a Intermatic EH40.
The line is 240v with 3 wires (white, black, and ground) which matches the water heater wires...