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nester48

nester48

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probably a stupid question or whatever,but ive been manually switching my lights from midnight to midday and i want to keep this schedule but the clocks go forward an hour on sunday so can i keep it 12/12 from midnight to midday? thanks in advance
 
nester48

nester48

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its alot to do with being skint most ov the time mate. and i was on the understanding mechanical timers are crap for led light,ive tryed with a mech timer they swithched on but not off
 
Rsawr

Rsawr

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My mechanical timers work great. Maybe the kind you bought weren't rated for enough wattage! Anyway, like they said above, you can just switch it to how you want it when the clocks switch. plants won't care.
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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nester48 said:
its alot to do with being skint most ov the time mate. and i was on the understanding mechanical timers are crap for led light,ive tryed with a mech timer they swithched on but not off
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I don't care for mechanical timers either, so I use a $15 digital version. You're more likely to screw up than a mechanical timer though.
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Mechanical “ peg “ style timers are a good choice as they can set 15 minute increments rather easy.

Changing cycle start times shouldn’t be an issue - as long as you don’t keep playing with time setting.

Daylight savings time makes zero difference - as dialing a simple hour’s difference is not an issue.
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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nester48 said:
i thought you needed a fangled timer costing a arm and leg for led
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£4 from BnQ .
Any old timer will work with LED.
There's no surge like with HPS

Also , why the weird timings.

Usually 8 till 8 is the coolest time of the day to have lights on.
 
nester48

nester48

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so what you are saying is theres more chance of me screwing up by turning the light on than a mechanical timer not not turning em on
coreywebster said:
£4 from BnQ .
Any old timer will work with LED.
There's no surge like with HPS

Also , why the weird timings.

Usually 8 till 8 is the coolest time of the day to have lights on.
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i dont work as i have epilepsy and been epileptic for over 2 decades now my sleep patern is messed up,and ive been smoking for over 35 years and find this to be the best time for me,,some morning i dont get to sleep untill 7 ,,and ive got tryed several timers digi and mech and none worked for me so no headache do it manualy stress causes seizures
 
Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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I couldn't imagine a life without grow room automation. Especially with timers.
Anything running hid or over 500w gets a hardwired intermatic analog 'dial style' timer. Little lights any decent dial timer will do. As long as it's rated for it.
 
go go kid

go go kid

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id say youve had a bad run on timers or theres somthing wrong with your electrical supply, sounds like your getting power surges or spikes, not good . cant see how timers can go wrong with led
 
Nixs

Nixs

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Electrical frequency 50 or 60Hz can miss up timers, I used a50Hz timer on a 60Hz system, and it made it turn faster making the hour like 40 minutes instead of 60.
 
go go kid

go go kid

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wow, you guy's have so many problems to deal with, we ocassionaly get a spike, but ive never had a timer pop or stop working , only through looseing or breaking the tiny plastic prongs on the 15 min pin timers, baught a digital timer and never looked back, you get what you pay for these days. for us in the uk at least
 
bam0813

bam0813

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I’ve never had an issue with analog peg style timer. Just a thought on the light goes on but doesn’t shut off part. May be a dumb thought but I know my analog timer has a button to bypass the timer part if its not on timer mode its just plugged in as normal and wouldn’t go off unless you turn it of at the fixture. Just a thought
 
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