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TrucLink Power
A timer socket that switches on time, even with the network down
Mains in one end, a socket out the other, a relay in between. It does not know what the machine is, only what time it is.
Power is the only device in the range that runs entirely on its own with the network down. Lose WiFi and it still switches the machine on at 5:30 the next morning, and the morning after that, because the schedule sits in the board’s memory and the time is kept by a battery-backed clock.
Who it is for: anyone who wants the machine ready before opening, and wants to be sure nobody forgets to switch the sign off. Who it is not for: anyone who needs a sales count, because this socket counts nothing.
Highlights
- On time with the network downThe weekly schedule lives in the board and the time in a battery-backed clock
- 3 kV isolationMains and signal sit in separate compartments either side of a wall in the case
- Switches at the zero crossingNo arcing, so the contacts last far longer
- Knows what the socket drawsLoad current and an estimate of energy used
How money is handled
Power has nothing to do with sales revenue. It switches power on time. What it saves you is the electricity bill and the wait for a machine to warm up.
- No counting, no money This socket does not know what is plugged into it; anyone needing a sales count buys a board for the machine
- Cuts the electricity bill Off at closing time whether or not anyone remembered
- Ready before opening No fifteen minutes of the shift spent waiting for the machine to come up
- Energy tracking Know what that socket draws, so it lands in the right site's costs
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