The last ones I got from Harbor Freight a couple of years ago have 96 slide pins around the outer edge of the dial, one for each 15 minutes of the day. You push them toward or away from the center of the dial to turn the appliance on or off for the desired times. You can have as many on / off cycles of any duration as you can manage in 24 hours. The times are written on the dial but you can set your own calibration by setting one pin on, turning the dial until the appliance turns on, then that pin will represent the current time and you can count from there. Might be simpler to have some one mark the dial and case for midnight so you can reset it yourself if it gets unplugged or you lose power.
Tony -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Jackson Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 12:48 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] outlet timers Hey Guys, Does anyone here use one of the outlet timers that you put in the outlet and then plug your appliance in to so you can use a timer to either turn it on or off? I remember my grandmother having them when I was a kid, but I do not remember enough about the details to know if a blind person could set them or not. I know many items now come with their own clocks and timers, but so often they are not accessible to set. This is to help with my conservation and frugality efforts. Jennifer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links
