My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

**********
1366294709

On Mon 27 Feb 2006 12:00:56p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ?

My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

It must be very taxing to do this. A whopping 3 minutes out of your life.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

Wayne Boatwright wrote on 27 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking

On Mon 27 Feb 2006 12:00:56p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ?

My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

It must be very taxing to do this. A whopping 3 minutes out of your
life.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?


Now now Wayne...Perhaps he doesn't ever come near the popcorn maker so
while he's getting the pop corn into a bowl he can't just unplug
it...taking seconds.

Perhaps he just wants to turn on high heat possibly dangerous stuff
without monitoring it...He might just like the excitment of fires in the
kitchen.

--
-Alan

On Mon 27 Feb 2006 01:02:09p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Mr Libido
Incognito?

Wayne Boatwright wrote on 27 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking

On Mon 27 Feb 2006 12:00:56p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ?

My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch of
popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

It must be very taxing to do this. A whopping 3 minutes out of your
life.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such a
timer?


Now now Wayne...Perhaps he doesn't ever come near the popcorn maker so
while he's getting the pop corn into a bowl he can't just unplug
it...taking seconds.

Perhaps he just wants to turn on high heat possibly dangerous stuff
without monitoring it...He might just like the excitment of fires in the
kitchen.

You're probably right, Alan. What was I thinking? :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

Home Depot or Lowes sells timers

wrote in message
ups.com...
My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

Westclox model no. 12/854 0202 is a two-prong digital clock timer model that
is suitable enough for powering lamps on and off. Can't be sure if it's
going to work for a popcorn popper (if it has a 3-prong plug design and/or
higher power requirements than just a lamp) but that's at least a starting
point for finding similar timers from this manufacturer or other
manufacturers that might actually work with a popcorn popper.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Mon 27 Feb 2006 12:00:56p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ?

My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

It must be very taxing to do this. A whopping 3 minutes out of your life.

Now Wayne, Hon, in that three minutes he is busy getting the Gooey
Cheese ready for his popcorn. He NEEDS this timer!

-L.

On Tue 28 Feb 2006 12:12:44a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it -L.?


Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Mon 27 Feb 2006 12:00:56p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ?

My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch of popcorn,
and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

It must be very taxing to do this. A whopping 3 minutes out of your life.

Now Wayne, Hon, in that three minutes he is busy getting the Gooey
Cheese ready for his popcorn. He NEEDS this timer!

LOL!

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

wrote:
My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

Yes, a timer like that does exist. In Europe it is common for
apartment buildings and hotels to have hall lights controlled by a
timer such that you press a button and the lights come on for a
short duration.
I assume they are programmable for various durations and 3 minutes
seems within the range of times I saw. I tried several variations
on "hallway light timer" in my search engine but did not come up
with anything, and the Leviton site wants me to enable pop-ups to
do searches there which I won't do. You might talk to an electrical
supply place about it.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

Sheldon wrote on 28 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking


wrote:
wrote:
My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

Yes, a timer like that does exist. In Europe it is common for
apartment buildings and hotels to have hall lights controlled by a
timer such that you press a button and the lights come on for a
short duration.
I assume they are programmable for various durations and 3 minutes
seems within the range of times I saw.

Nothing new about the concept and certainly not restricted to Europe...
all my outdoor floodlights are equiped with motion detectors, I can set
the On time duration in various increments, from about 15 seconds to
about 15 minutes. I think 3 minutes is one of the settings but none
are very accurate. I have a few of those clock timers used for turning
lamps on and off but those are not very accurate either, certainly not
to the second, not even to the minute.

For timing a hot air popper use an ordinary kitchen timer, when the
bell buzzes shut off the popper, what's too difficult??? Actually I
use the electronic timer on my microwave oven to time my hot air
popper, same three minutes is how long it takes to melt a stick of
butter.

Sheldon



There are computer pakages that can turn a puter into a fancy timer for
houshold lights etc...the controling signal run at high freq over
existing household wiring not bothering/bothered by the 120 VAC on
them...But that's only for the serious pop corn maker as it would require
a dedicated puter and various control boxes on the plugs you wanted to
control

Or there are things like this:

http://www.prodigitusa.com/prodigit/2000t/2000t.htm


--
-Alan

Sheldon wrote:

[snip] Actually I
use the electronic timer on my microwave oven to time my hot air
popper, same three minutes is how long it takes to melt a stick of
butter.

That must be some seriously frozen stick of butter that needs to be
zapped for 3 minutes! I think you just like the harmony of
bubbling butter with popping corn. -aem

wrote:
My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

**********
1366294709
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...l+timer+switch

Sheldon wrote:

wrote:

Yes, a timer like that does exist. In Europe it is common for
apartment buildings and hotels to have hall lights controlled by a
timer such that you press a button and the lights come on for a
short duration.

Nothing new about the concept and certainly not restricted to Europe...
all my outdoor floodlights are equiped with motion detectors, I can set

Yes, it is easy to find them with motion detectors, but the electro-mechanical
type that uses a button to turn on is more prevelant in Europe. They
are very common there. I assume they are available in the US, I just
have not seen them. For the proposed use a motion detector type
would not be very helpful.

For timing a hot air popper use an ordinary kitchen timer, when the
bell buzzes shut off the popper, what's too difficult??? Actually I

I don't know why the OP wants to have an automatic shutoff like
this, seems silly to me. I was just answering the question.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
Sheldon wrote on 28 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking


wrote:
wrote:
My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

Yes, a timer like that does exist. In Europe it is common for
apartment buildings and hotels to have hall lights controlled by a
timer such that you press a button and the lights come on for a
short duration.
I assume they are programmable for various durations and 3 minutes
seems within the range of times I saw.

Nothing new about the concept and certainly not restricted to Europe...
all my outdoor floodlights are equiped with motion detectors, I can set
the On time duration in various increments, from about 15 seconds to
about 15 minutes. I think 3 minutes is one of the settings but none
are very accurate. I have a few of those clock timers used for turning
lamps on and off but those are not very accurate either, certainly not
to the second, not even to the minute.

For timing a hot air popper use an ordinary kitchen timer, when the
bell buzzes shut off the popper, what's too difficult??? Actually I
use the electronic timer on my microwave oven to time my hot air
popper, same three minutes is how long it takes to melt a stick of
butter.

Sheldon



There are computer pakages that can turn a puter into a fancy timer for
houshold lights etc...the controling signal run at high freq over
existing household wiring not bothering/bothered by the 120 VAC on
them...But that's only for the serious pop corn maker as it would require
a dedicated puter and various control boxes on the plugs you wanted to
control

Or there are things like this:

http://www.prodigitusa.com/prodigit/2000t/2000t.htm

Yeah, right.... all for the occasional 3¢ worth of popping corn.

Sheldon wrote:

Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
Sheldon wrote on 28 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking


wrote:
wrote:
My plug-in popcorn popper takes 3 minutes to make a batch
of popcorn, and when it's done, I have to turn it off manually.

I want to be able to plug the popper into a timer (which is itself
plugged into the wall) and set the timer to turn off the popper
after 3 minutes.

It seems obvious to me that a timer like this exists, but I can't
find one so far on the Internet. Can any of you point me to such
a timer?

Yes, a timer like that does exist. In Europe it is common for
apartment buildings and hotels to have hall lights controlled by a
timer such that you press a button and the lights come on for a
short duration.
I assume they are programmable for various durations and 3 minutes
seems within the range of times I saw.

Nothing new about the concept and certainly not restricted to Europe...
all my outdoor floodlights are equiped with motion detectors, I can set
the On time duration in various increments, from about 15 seconds to
about 15 minutes. I think 3 minutes is one of the settings but none
are very accurate. I have a few of those clock timers used for turning
lamps on and off but those are not very accurate either, certainly not
to the second, not even to the minute.

For timing a hot air popper use an ordinary kitchen timer, when the
bell buzzes shut off the popper, what's too difficult??? Actually I
use the electronic timer on my microwave oven to time my hot air
popper, same three minutes is how long it takes to melt a stick of
butter.

Sheldon



There are computer pakages that can turn a puter into a fancy timer for
houshold lights etc...the controling signal run at high freq over
existing household wiring not bothering/bothered by the 120 VAC on
them...But that's only for the serious pop corn maker as it would require
a dedicated puter and various control boxes on the plugs you wanted to
control

Or there are things like this:

http://www.prodigitusa.com/prodigit/2000t/2000t.htm

Yeah, right.... all for the occasional 3¢ worth of popping corn.


And is the OP not in the vicinity of the popper and EAGERLY awaiting all
that popped goodness!? I know when I pop corn I watch it the last few
seconds, salivating at the thought of popping those delicious morsels into
my mouth...don't have to be "reminded" that the stuff is done.

This guy kinda I guess wants to turn what should be a simple task into a
science fair project...who knows, perhaps when MicroShaft releases it's new
Vista OS later this year they'll have a corn - popping & timing utility
included.

--
Best
Greg