timers

[Guest alex wlazlak]

i hooked up my digital timers last weekend and they wont work tie. theyre being a real pain in the rear! i set the time, then i set the light on/off time. hook em up, dont come on when theyre sopposed to, dont go off when theyre so possed to. does anyone else have digital timers? by the way, theyre called intermatic, and they are white squares....i got them when i had bought my 96w PCs and i forget who i got them from, but he threw them in.

Edited November 16, 2005 by alex wlazlak

[xeon]

Alex,

I have and use more than one... I even have the Intermatic you mount in the wall. They ALL work. IMO, you probably haven't programmed it right. Double check it. I would look at the following:

 

1. Is the time right, including correct AM/PM?

2. Is the switch in AUTO mode?

3. Check your on/off times for the switch. (AM/PM again)

4. Check to make sure you have the program set to run all days of the week.

 

Then again it could be busted, but I'd run through it thoroughly to be sure. You might even just hit the reset button and start from scratch.

[Guest alex wlazlak]

did you have any trouble with yours? i resent them like 3 times already and i do check the am/pm thing. i have no idea what to do. who ever thought i tiny timer could be so complicated!

[quazi]

Mine work great. They are not easy to program though.

[unninair]

Alex,

 

Most of them can run 7-14 differnet programs. Try to use only 1 program after your HIT the reset button with a needle.

 

Unni

[Guest alex wlazlak]

yeah i think it goes to 14. ill try to screw with it later tonight..

[Guest alex wlazlak]

okay, i found this, theres a button that you press and its labeled "mode". which mode should i have on? it was always on off, and now ive got it on auto. ill post back at 10:30 to see if the actinics go off or not.

[Guest alex wlazlak]

i guess it was the mode that was wrong....CAUSE IT WORKED!!!!! thanks for the posts guys.

[xeon]

2. Is the switch in AUTO mode?

Glad you got it working.

[Guest alex wlazlak]

haha. i forgot about looking at those you posted. i was just screwing with all the bottons and saw auto. at first when i read yours, i had no clue what you were talking about with the auto thing. thanks though.