RE: RE: REAL HA!

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This reminds me of a story from my youth...

I'd been to the pub one weekday evening, and arrived home quite late, and
with a corking case of the munchies. I rummaged around in the freezer and
found something I fancied (Frozen chicken Kiev I think it was), and put
them in the oven... You can probably guess the next part, - and if you
guessed that I went into the lounge sat on the sofa watching TV and fell
asleep, then you'd be correct.

A couple of hours later, I woke up, and thought I'd better go to bed. Got
up the next morning, slightly worse for wear, managed to get myself
freshened up, and went off to work.... - oven was still cooking my supper!
Came home from work at the end of the day, walked in, and thought to myself
that the house felt rather cosy and warm... then remembered the oven... It
had been on and cooking for about 17 hours straight, my supper looked like
two tiny black volcanic rocks.

Apart from that though, there were no problems

Happy days.

Paul G.


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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx on behalf of Ian Lowe
Sent: Fri 17/03/2006 09:05
To: UKHA_D Group
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] RE: REAL HA!



On a more serious level - I wouldn't actually do that. I tend to think that
any appliance capable of generating a lot of heat (so toasters, ovens,
little heaters etc) are a slightly dodgy choice for automation...

Throwing more current around, I always just have the thought that the risks
of a component failure causing problems are higher.

Point in case - my fish tank was automated (lights, heater etc), and had
worked for *months* - when my wife and I went on holiday for some reason
the
module locked up, and stayed on for the entire time: only two fish out of
the tank survived, and we came back to an incredible algae bloom.

My thought would be... what's the effect of running your oven for eight
hours? Is it safe? If the contents burned, would the kitchen just get
smokey, or is there a danger of something else catching fire?

In terms of doing it, it should be easy enough for a "regular"
oven with
dials etc, rather than a "smart" oven - one of the higher rated
Appliance
modules would do the trick nicely, and from there it's a more simple one -
can you control the (already automated) appliances in your home from a
mobile phone... answer - yes.

Ian.




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