Man i hate these Harbor Freight/ Hydrofarm digital timers

CobKits

CobKits

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you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague
 
Herb & Suds

Herb & Suds

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CobKits said:
you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague
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Worn duplex maybe?
 
Ginger Viking

Ginger Viking

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I just use sonoffs now but I haven't been running these long enough to say how they hold up. I probably pick up their 4 channel pro after I build my next light instead of just adding more basics.
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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CobKits said:
yeah i guess the popup ones with 15 min intervals can flood tables ok. if my res pump sucks air for a few minutes no big deal
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Exactly. Crazy Dago has his trays on the floor and uses float switches to time when to turn his pumps on so he doesn't ever overflow. I don't get how he gets that shit right.
 
Indacouch

Indacouch

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CobKits said:
you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague
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I had a magnifying glass work once from harbor freight.


I buy pond pumps for my nursery. It's weird, sometimes they last 4 or 5 seasons and other times I'll get 3 uses out of em. Luckily they are cheap enough to buy in bulk.
 
thumper60

thumper60

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CobKits said:
you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague
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those were discontinued by hydro farm a while back,still get same thing but no hydro farm name on it I got a couple 3 yrs old work great others last a week HFgrabed the last of the knock offs
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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Fwiw, i stopped having issues once i found out about GE's 15a plug in timer & have used them on 1K SHPS & 1K DEHPS multiple times without a single issue and still going. white-ge-timers-15079-c3_1000.jpg
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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I don't run flood tables but I have four or five if the 15 min analog ones that are five bucks at Walmart. A couple I use on my grow lights and the others for various reasons. I have had one out of six or so fail. The others have been working for a few years now.
 
710slickxx

710slickxx

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Hey guys, so i got a digital timer and it has 3 on/off settings. I set one and left the others at 12:00 pm (default). Since i left these at default, will it mess with my light cycle? Oh and dont buy walmarts hypertough digital timer it has a huge blue light that you have to cover with duct tape. Anywhoo, thats what im using.
 
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