I shared about this product before, but I love it so much, I
want to share about it again. It’s a programmable switch. I use it to control my
exterior porch lights. It turns the lights on and it turns them off. Our lives
are busy, and it is one less thing to remember to do. It’s also good for deterring
criminals. The lights come on and off while you are away from home.
I used this timer at the old house after a solar add-on to
the bulb I tried was a flop. The solar add-on was the easiest and cheapest
option, but it was not reliable. If there was a rainstorm with dark clouds, the
darker skies triggered the light to come on. Then it would only stay on for the
designated hours (it did not have the dusk-to-dawn feature) and would then be
off by night time (when I needed it).
I then found this programmable timer and it made life easy.
You program in your longitude/latitude coordinates (the manual helps you find
them) and you’re done. You can set up different schedules, but I have not
gotten that technical. It knows when daylight savings time starts and ends, so
no need to adjust the time. I have it set to come on 20 minutes after sunset
(it’s still light when the sun sets) and then it goes off sometime during the
night. I then have it come back on at 4AM and stay on til sunrise. I could keep
it on all night, but I like to give the illusion that we are nocturnal and
don’t sleep. We have the timers at each door that leads to the exterior.
This product can do so much more than I have it set to do,
but for what little I have it do, it is wonderful. It allows me to be able to
forget the responsibility of turning on and off lights, yet still get to make
use of the lights. You can also use it indoors as well. There is a button at
the bottom that allows you to manually turn it on or off.
This timer takes the place of your toggle light switch. Turn
your power off, take the toggle switch out and put in the timer. So easy!
Never forget to turn on/off your lights again!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
