Need help with Newtek digital timers

[luckykarma]

I got several of these to replace the manual dial ones I have which I hate because any time you move them inevitably you hear "zizz" and the time gets advanced. If I don't notice it I've had them come on in the middle of the night.

So I got the newtek ones and set them up fine except I want to be able to turn them off when I put the animals outside and then restart them to still go off at the normal off time. I know how to turn them off with the on/auto/off switch but when I switch them back on I switch to "on" then "auto" but it won't turn off. The company I bought them from didn't know and the manufacturer is on vacation.

Help.

 

[Justin Carl]

Most of the digital timers need to run through the new set time for 24 hours.
So, in your case...I don't think it will work.
Do they have a back up battery?
You could just switch the power button off, and you wont lose your time.
One of my timers ran for almost two months on the back up battery!

 

[luckykarma]

I can switch power off. Its just getting it back on and still go off at the set "off" time. Sucks. I bought 4 mail order. I should've researched it more. I didn't think this would be an issue.

The seller thought there might be a way around it but didn't know. Unless someone here know I might have to go back to the manual ones until the manufacturer comes back.

 

[Dave Weldon]

...I know how to turn them off with the on/auto/off switch but when I switch them back on I switch to "on" then "auto" but it won't turn off...

Howdy,

That's a pretty standard mode of operation for the lower cost digital timers. It's the same way with the low cost digital power strip timers like this Intermatic DT8003. This model doesn't seem to be available anymore. That probably explains why I got them on sale so cheap ($10) a couple of years ago . Here's what they look like: http://www.westsidewholesale.com/index.cgi?pid=973429&CATEGORY=375

This digital power strip has a Main Power Switch as well as the timer ON/Off/Auto mode. The benefit to having a main power switch is that it doesn't interfere with the TIMER pattern which is the problem that you are having. My suggestion is that since your timer has a battery backup, plug it into a power strip that has its own Main Power Switch and use that for "untimely" shutdowns .

 

[luckykarma]

Good news. These single outlet NewTek digital timers actually allow you to do it. I ran a test and it worked in a test. I had to come home late and held my breath that the boys would be bleary eyed with their lights on but the lights were off. The timer worked.

When you turn them off with the on/auto/off button and the turn it "on" and press again to put it into auto it cycles normally as if it hadn't been interrupted. This is much better than the power strip I got at the show and eventually had to send back as it wouldn't program at all. The seller said I was the second person who had a problem from the show. Since it was a Newtek I was nervous about these.

They're on sale right now by a company I never heard of before. They send them right out and were great to deal with.

http://blvdreptiles.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/10/products_id/92