I want to control a 120VAC lighting circuit by having the circuit come on from a photo cell and turn off at 11PM with a timer. Will this work?
1489843
This timer is used for 12 volt powered items only. It will not control 120 vac powered items. This timer controls things from a 12 volt vehicle battery.
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This timer is only rated for a 12 volt DC circuit. If the photo cell is in a 12VDC circuit this timer could work by actuating the photo cell on a schedule. There are timers with photocells that do work in 120 VAC circuit. CONNECTING THIS DEVICE TO A 120 VOLT ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE A FIRE HAZARD.
1489845
Yes, this will absolutely work if you have a 110 volt timer. You will have to put the timer after the photo cell activates.
1489846
First thing you do is set the time and day Then you tell it when to come on and when to turn off (time and day/days of week). There are 15 or so slots open to on/off. I think your problem will come in trying to use an external switch (photocell) to turn it on. It can't turn off if it thinks it's already off. If it does not turn itself on then the circuit is open and the photo cell can't get through that.
1489847
Not sure I understand what you mean by come on by a photo cell. Do you mean a solar panel? Or you mean when the sun comes up and hits a photo sensor that it comes on. This is just a 12V switch. So to run anything 120V you will need an inverter. But you can put the switch to an inverter and turn on it on on whatever schedule you want. But you must power the thing somehow with a battery or possibly a solar panel.
456153
It should be fine. I use my timer for my aquarium lights. You can turn the thing that is plugged in on and off 6 times in 1 day if I remember correctly. So far I've had no problems with the timer and I find it really easy to use.
2009816
No, 12vdc is always required on to power the circuit. There are 2 pins that you wire to a simple push button ( must be momentary, not a switch. Like a doorbell button) once you push the button, the time will start. This closes the relay contacts. You use the relay as a switch to control what you like - this can be whatever you like (limited by the relay rating of up to 10 amps 250vac or 10 amps 30vdc You must supply this voltage independently, unless it's 12vdc, then you can use the same supply voltage to the timer. The timer runs its cycle until the next time you press the button
2211054
It can be programmed to run at a set time or it will run off photo cell also, or both. If using both, the photo cell turns it on and the lights operate at a lower intensity. If you have a time set point it will run at maxium intensity.
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I don't think this would be a good idea. I believe that the Timer needs the full 110 volts to work properly.
2155741
Should work fine with a timer. It does not come with a power cord, so you will need to attach one. I ran mine off of a photo eye.
1583817
Sorry, I use the timer on the only switch that controls that particular light. As for three-way operation, the only things I would know would be what is in the instructions.
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I used a 12v battery ( which is charged from a solar panel,) to power the timer and the led strip lights. Works perfectly. Lights run 4 hours a day, timer is always drawing a small amount of power from the battery.
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I assume you want to use this timer to turn on and off the power to the transformer? If so, I don't see why this timer wouldn't work for that - go for it!
457074
I believe that you will need to adjust the timer. There are various settings that you can adjust to meet your lighting and security purposes. You may have the timer set in the test position. I would check here first, the switch is located on the bottom side of the sensor.
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I'll share how we use ours, and perhaps that will help you. The can lights on our porch are on a photocell so they come on when it gets dark outside and turn off in the morning when it gets light. The electrician wired it with a switch inside so we could turn them off if desired. We put this timer in place of the switch and programmed the timer to turn the lights off at 10:30 pm and turn them back on at 5:30 am. It works beautifully. It overrides the photocell during the night, and then the lights turn off when the photocell recognizes enough daylight. Some nights we manually turn the lights off with the switch. The lights always turn on at 5:30 in the morning as programmed. I'll share how we use ours, and perhaps that will help you. The can lights on our porch are on a photocell so they come on when it gets dark outside and turn off in the morning when it gets light. The electrician wired it with a switch inside so we could turn them off if desired. We put this timer in place of the switch and programmed the timer to turn the lights off at 10:30 pm and turn them back on at 5:30 am. It works beautifully. It overrides the photocell during the night, and then the lights turn off when the photocell recognizes enough daylight. Some nights we manually turn the... » Read More I'll share how we use ours, and perhaps that will help you. The can lights on our porch are on a photocell so they come on when it gets dark outside and turn off in the morning when it gets light. The electrician wired it with a switch inside so we could turn them off if desired. We put this timer in place of the switch and programmed the timer to turn the lights off at 10:30 pm and turn them back on at 5:30 am. It works beautifully. It overrides the photocell during the night, and then the lights turn off when the photocell recognizes enough daylight. Some nights we manually turn the lights off with the switch. The lights always turn on at 5:30 in the morning as programmed. « Show Less
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Yes. When you set the timer switch duration, it will reset every time the power to the switch turns off, in anticipation of the next "on" cycle.
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you will need to supply a 12 volt transformer and switch. I used a photo cell so it runs when it is dark
1198154
If you're not worried about the "safety" aspect, I've plugged mine into the same kind of timer I use for the lights when I'm on vacation. However, mine is really old, so I don't know if the electronic timer ones will go on for a pre-specified time at a pre-specified setting or if you have to set that info at the moment you power it on.
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Yes. This unit attaches to any 120v light fixture. As long as your LED bulb works in the fixture, this will turn it on and off when motion is detected at night. As someone else mentioned, the bulb cannot be dimmed when connected to this motion detector.
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If you just want to run the normal daylight lights on a timer it will work just fine. To switch over to the blue night LEDs you would have to do that manually.
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The wiring would be ok-- the question I have is how the timing switch will or will not work to cut off the light. I do not know which light would control the time. My guess would be the first on activated. I would set them all for the longer time, I believe the timing went one minute, two minutes and five minutes.