Date:         Sun, 24 Nov 2013 15:42:06 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 12v programmable timer
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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Me likee. The 8 amp load rating isn't that wimpy. I just finished up
wiring some "on-air" lamps to the local community radio station's
broadcast console and the max current for it was 0.05A. Used a
solid-state relay to handle the lamps. (And, on account of the fact that
they have no budget, some Harbor Freight red LED 12V market lights.)

Likewise, one could easily hang a 12V relay on this timer if more
current handling is required.

Now -- all I gotta do is come up with a good reason to own one.

Thinking . . . thinking . . . nothing. Dang. Well, heck -- I'm going to
get one, anyway. Just in case. Great find, Edward!

--
Jack "Gadgets are Fun" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 11/24/2013 10:27 AM, Edward Maglott wrote:
> Here's something I've been waiting to find for cheap for a long
> time.  Could be used in the van for what???  Use your
> imagination.  Maybe lights or fans that only need to come on
> automatically at certain times of day?  Also thinking this could be
> great for use in solar applications on and off the van.  It could
> disconnect a small inverter (mind the capacity of the contacts in
> this timer) from the batteries except when needed to avoid that idle drain.
>
> http://www.banggood.com/DC-12V-Mini-LCD-Digital-Microcomputer-Control-Power-Timer-Switch-p-909362.html
>
>
> Edward