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Old 06-25-2003, 11:27 PM
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Default Anyone used one of these timers from Canadian Tire?

Lamp Timer
Heavy Duty Grounded Timer
Daily Digital Timer

Please let me know which of these might keep PROPER time so I don't have to reset them every few days.
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Old 06-25-2003, 11:32 PM
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I have no experience with those.. but I will tell you this. make sure it is a grounded timer. Anything else is pretty much useless IMHO.. I have one from Home Depot.. it even has Daylight savings on it.

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The light hoods I have don't have a ground leg on their plugs. But everything is plugged into GFCI outlets, so no worries.
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I tried the Heavy Duty Grounded Timers. One of them died after 6 months, and the other Died after a year. But They got really wet once sooo...

I replaced them with Digital Heavy Duty Timers from Home Depot. I like these digital ones a lot. They Even have randomizer settings that you can turn pumps off / on randomly (but only 14 times a day per pump)

They cost $30 instead of $14 for the non-digital ones, and they are grounded.

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I've been using the cheap lamp timers for years. "Intermatic" is the mfg. I think. They're all consistant. Reliable in my books and ten bucks well spent...
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