electric cooker supply switch timer

[halfax]

i need to put some type of control on the power supply to my mothers cooker. she is getting absentminded, and forgets to turn it off.
i stopeed in a hotel where there was a dial on the dryer that cut off the power after thirty minutes. that is what i am afer .
thanks

 

[rebuke]

What type of cooker is it, i.e. how much power does it use, as this will affect what is suitable to run it.

Assuming it isn't something that just uses a 13A supply, then you'd probably need to find some sort of timer, and rig it up with a contactor to do the actual switching, since I suspect you'd be hard pushed to find a simple timeswitch that will switch more than 13A...

 

[JohnD]

if it is an Electric cooker, it might be on a 30Amp fuse, which is too much for ordinary domestic timers.

It would be possible to use a Contactor, though, and maybe operate it via the light switch. You can get light switches that turn off after preset periods fairly easily.

Or maybe a PIR, so that it will go off if there is no-one moving in the kitchen for a long time.

Electrical work in a kitchen is Nofiable and should be done by a suitably qualified electrician.

I should think it would need to be very simple and automatic as a forgetful person may have trouble with a manual timer.

edited: too slow!

p.s. do you think a Combination Microwave Oven might help? AFAIK they all have timers and can not be left on permanently. Mine has grill and fan oven as well as microwave setting

 

[halfax]

thanks for replys . i had thought of microwave oven but my mother is scared of them.

 

[ColJack]

microwaves don't fry either...

best to get a new cooker with induction hobs.. they only work if there's a pan on the ring.. and from what I've read, are cold to touch in seconds of removing a pan..

as for the oven, I'm sure you could get one with electronic controlls that work on a timer..

 

[halfax]

that idea would not work as the timer on the oven would be too complexed , also the pans with touch would still be on, but thanks all the same.