timer

[shinobi9119]

What is a good timer for lights. Are there any specific brands, or types that work best?
what is your experience?

 

[al mc]

Personally I use ones that I get from Home De..pot. BUT, get the slightly more expensive grounded (3 prong) ones and still make sure that your circuits are all running through a GFCI. Salt water and electricity are a bad mixture.

 

[nitschke65]

l like the "outdoor" ones because they're grounded and have a short cord so that you can easilly plug more than one into a power strip without running out of room.

 

[ifirefight]

Intermatic digital...heres is a pic of what you need to get.

 

[deete]

What should I expect to pay for a couple of timers?

 

[sman]

X2, and whats a model number on these?

 

[sman]

Just thought id help someone out, that big orange home store has them for $20, and it says they're waterproof, hmmmmm, I think they mean water resistant.

 

[sickboy]

Originally Posted by Deete
http:///forum/post/2827821
What should I expect to pay for a couple of timers?
$6-10/piece for the prong ones, a little bit more for the digital ones.

 

[ifirefight]

Originally Posted by sman
http:///forum/post/2837091
Just thought id help someone out, that big orange home store has them for $20, and it says they're waterproof, hmmmmm, I think they mean water resistant.
Yes Home Depot has them..around 20 -30$ dont have exact numbers. These work great AND have a battery back-up to keep the preprogrammed times from being reset..AND the battery is a AA, not one of those stinking watch batterys you never have around the house.

 

[alh]

I have these timers and really like them. I saw them at HD and Lowes. Maybe it was a pricing error, but they were much cheaper at Lowes

 

[mr_x]

i have an intermatic, and a few of the regular types with the dial and the little pins. they all have the same reliability. the feature the ones pictured above have over the cheaper dial types, is the cord. when you plug the basic dial type timer into an outlet, it blocks other sockets from being used.
i solved this by purchasing a " power squid"

 

[litlepig11]

i think the digital ones are the way to go...used the other ones for a while just to much to mess w/if you want to make a change, or lose power....right now is a great time to get one because they have tons w/the christmas stuff....make sure if you get on it is not just for sesnoal use or it will crap out in a few months....

 

[mr_x]

i think the opposite- i think the dial with the pins style is much easier to mess with if you want to make a change.
when you lose power, you simple turn the dial to the correct time.

 

[ifirefight]

I use the digital ones because I had problems with the pin style ones... ALSO, I use these digital ones to run my dosing pumps...I need the pump to run exactally 79 minutes to dose the tank.....Try and do THAT with a pin style timer.

 

[meowzer]

I have both, and to tell you the truth I like the digital better...They have battery backup so if there is a power failure it keeps the time. Got mine at Walmart, and you can program it daily..all different times.