I have tried only a couple and keep coming back to the Intermatic timer sold at hardware stores with names like "Lamp and Appliance" or "Vacation" timers.
I like the ones with removable pins (No, I do not lose them, but some people might)
Intermatic makes 3 versions that I know of.
They all have one outlet.
One has 2 holes, and plugs into the older wall sockets with 2 holes (necessary in my older home)
The 'Heavy Duty' has a 3-hole outlet, but must be plugged into a 3-hole outlet in the wall. (these are scarce in my house)
The 3rd one is sold for damp locations (well, high humidity, anyway). I get them at irrigation stores like Ewing, Horizon or John Deere. They are black. They are usually sold for low voltage lighting systems.
I have added a 3-outlet splitter to these so each timer can turn on 3 lights. Be careful when you do this that you do not overload the circuit. Any of these can handle 15 amp max.
I can even set up multiple on/off cycles with these, with the pins. (They come with 2 'on' pins and 2 'off' pins).
The other timers I have tried all failed sooner rather than later. Sorry, I do not remember the names.
A couple of the type where the pins are permanently part of the fixture, and you just push them in or out, and one electronic timer that was built in to a 5- outlet power supply. I think 2 of the outlets were controlled by the timer, 3 were on all the time. That one was a nightmare to program, and when it died I was not at all unhappy to throw it away.
I like the ones with removable pins (No, I do not lose them, but some people might)
Intermatic makes 3 versions that I know of.
They all have one outlet.
One has 2 holes, and plugs into the older wall sockets with 2 holes (necessary in my older home)
The 'Heavy Duty' has a 3-hole outlet, but must be plugged into a 3-hole outlet in the wall. (these are scarce in my house)
The 3rd one is sold for damp locations (well, high humidity, anyway). I get them at irrigation stores like Ewing, Horizon or John Deere. They are black. They are usually sold for low voltage lighting systems.
I have added a 3-outlet splitter to these so each timer can turn on 3 lights. Be careful when you do this that you do not overload the circuit. Any of these can handle 15 amp max.
I can even set up multiple on/off cycles with these, with the pins. (They come with 2 'on' pins and 2 'off' pins).
The other timers I have tried all failed sooner rather than later. Sorry, I do not remember the names.
A couple of the type where the pins are permanently part of the fixture, and you just push them in or out, and one electronic timer that was built in to a 5- outlet power supply. I think 2 of the outlets were controlled by the timer, 3 were on all the time. That one was a nightmare to program, and when it died I was not at all unhappy to throw it away.
