Heater Power/Relay

[snowy554]

I've been searching on this for a while with no luck. I run 2 heaters on an Inkbird. The Inkbird is plugged into my Apex, which is plugged into a UPS. The challenge I have is the power draw from the heaters. When it is on, the UPS starts to complain and the Apex lights flash because of the draw. My goal was to have the Apex as the backup to the Inkbird so that if it died the Apex would prevent a runaway heater.


So what l am looking for... but haven't been able to find, is some sort of relay that would allow me to plug into the Apex for control of power but the main power draw would come from the other input to the relay. Cars have these, but I haven't been able to find a 120v one...


So the relay would have 2 inputs and 1 output.


One input plugged into the Apex to turn power on/off to the relay. The other input plugged into the wall outlet. The controlled output to the Inkbird turning it on/off.


I hope that makes sense, and I appreciate any help.


Thanks

 

[Gundy]

I think you are needing a conditioner, not a relay. I have a conditioner that plugs in between the
heaters ( heater controller) and my apex. When the heaters go on and off constantly, the conditioner takes the abuse, not my apex EB832. My electrition friend researched it out and purchased one from the electrical supply house. The only thing you need to know is how many watts your heater is pushing and buy the correct one.