Chris If you really want to get into it, you could figure out how to hook up a kitchen timer or egg timer and use a MOSFET or a relay to automatically turn the lamp out when the time expires.
-Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:01 AM Subject: Re: building a darkroom timer > On Mon, 27 May 2002, Scott Nelson wrote: > > > Hi Chris > > > > Good luck with your little project, but I don't think it will save you very > > much money. I built a electronic release for my MZ-5n because I thought the > > $45 cdn was too much to ask for what is essentially only a two stage switch. > > Mine cost about $20 in parts, but took a few hours to put together. Net > > savings effectively zero, and the switch is butt ugly, but it was fun to > > build. > > > > Is the idea that the timer automatically turns off the light source? - If > > not you may as well just buy a kitchen timer. > > > > -Scott > > The fun is in building the thing. But the more I look at it, it may not be > worth it. I thought about building the cable release, but mine would have > been a lot bigger than the pentax one so I just bought it :) > > The enlarger I bought has no on/off switch, but I suppose i could use a > power bar or something as an on/off mechanisim. > > - Chris > > -- > Chris Murray /"\ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN > http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST HTML MAIL > Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
