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03-Jan-06, 02:19 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: either fishing or not | | | need some reliable timers
Howdy, I don't know about you guys but I seem to go through a faeces load of timers! I think I've tried about every brand out there and the best I get out of them is maybe a year before they start to stick or crap themselves. I have about six controlling different banks and was just wondering if anyone knows of a top secret one out there that is actually longterm bulletproof?
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03-Jan-06, 03:15 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Hamilton island, QLD Age/Gender: 28  | | |
Yeah i hear you fisho, i just go with the Alerc ones with all the pins (no fancy stuff) on average i find they last the longest, and at under $10 i dont care about replacing them.
As for any top secret, cant help you there bro. 
Cheers
Donk
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03-Jan-06, 04:10 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | |
Yeah Ive had those alerc pin ones for years no probs.
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03-Jan-06, 04:58 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: sydney | | | |
i have got my sparky mates to get the hardwired industrial ones, i will ask them more about them and post the info later.
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03-Jan-06, 09:07 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | |
Grasslin Micro timers are excellent and also the legrand digitals. Small units and will handle up to 10 or 16 amps, any more than this and you need to wire them to a contactor and put the load through that. There are really heavy duty ones used in refrigeration coolroom freezers for the defrost cycle but these are really expensive units and not worth it for this sort of application.
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03-Jan-06, 09:24 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Yallourn North Vic | | | |
ive been useing the HPM digital timers from bunnings, they do only last about a year but there simple and cheap. from memory last time i bought one it costed me around $15
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03-Jan-06, 09:45 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-05 Location: Country NSW | | | |
Yeh I use the HPM timers from bunnings they were on special for $7.95 for to and they lasted me 18 months.... I was told the key to a long life out them was to keep them as dust free as possible... cheers
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03-Jan-06, 09:53 PM
|  | Retired Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | |
I've been using the Arlec ones for years and never had a problem..
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03-Jan-06, 10:03 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | Quote: |
I've been using the Arlec ones for years and never had a problem..
| Yeah but if you don't turn them on they don't wear out! :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:
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03-Jan-06, 10:08 PM
| | Retired Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | |
They turn themselves on..
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03-Jan-06, 10:12 PM
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I do that too  My missus refuses to turn me on any more |
03-Jan-06, 10:15 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Sydney Age: 44 | | | |
Touche Phil!! Isn't that why we are here? (Just me and Phil I mean folks)
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03-Jan-06, 10:20 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | |
Yeah mate, mine's fast asleep with curlers in her hair |
03-Jan-06, 10:24 PM
| | Retired Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | |
God it's good to be young :mrgreen:
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03-Jan-06, 10:26 PM
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You meen as opposed to old and worn out? | | |
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