I have the exact same one that gcvt has on top. It works fine. I wish that I remembered where I put the other little tim thingies. I only have 1 shut off one, don't know where the others are.
A Timer for my Lights
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Ah, X10. I got this spare mechanical one from my pop, and I find it confusing. I mean, the arrow is all out of wack and I can't tell my PM from my AM, funny little timer...
Go digital
I started out with a mechanical timer for about $5 from Wal-mart. One problem with these cheap timers is that you can't plug in something with 3 prongs (e.g., the power cord you get in an AHSupply light kit). Another problem is that the on/off times seem to slowly shift. You might set it to turn on at 7am and off at 7pm, but a few months later it's turning on at 7:15am and off at 7:20pm.
Those are the problems I had with my mechanical timers. Now I use $25 digital timers from Lowes. You can't beat the accuracy of the digital timers.
I started out with a mechanical timer for about $5 from Wal-mart. One problem with these cheap timers is that you can't plug in something with 3 prongs (e.g., the power cord you get in an AHSupply light kit). Another problem is that the on/off times seem to slowly shift. You might set it to turn on at 7am and off at 7pm, but a few months later it's turning on at 7:15am and off at 7:20pm.
Those are the problems I had with my mechanical timers. Now I use $25 digital timers from Lowes. You can't beat the accuracy of the digital timers.
I use the mechanical type of timers, but they are grounded (3-prong) units, got them from Home Depot, setting them takes a little work. I haven't had any problems with the lighting start up
Only complaint I've had with timers is you can only plug 1 thing into each one. Well, one's I've found. So hooking a light and small air pump on same timer isn't possible. WOuld be nice to allow at least 2 items on same timer.
I've got mechanical one like first picture(and also have lost the extra tabs
). But I do have 2 others that all you have to do is push in some tabs all the way around the thing and you can have power on/off multiple times a day.
I've got mechanical one like first picture(and also have lost the extra tabs
). But I do have 2 others that all you have to do is push in some tabs all the way around the thing and you can have power on/off multiple times a day.
hey plug an extension cord into the timer that has a multi plug on it then you can run more than one item with the same time settings
