What is the shortest time increment that this timer can be set to? I need it to be able to count down from two mins.
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Yes, it can count down from two minutes, but some of them have defects where it doesn't ring after that time. I would just go with the timer on your phone for a time that short.
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Sounds like you're looking for a "countdown timer" which has a spring loaded dial you would twist to the time you want it to stay on for. This constantly repeats a cycle for how it's set.
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There is a modification to the timer printed circuit board that allows it to be programmed in seconds.It is on the net ...believe it was a YouTube video. Mod involved soldering (essentially jumping) two pairs of pads on the timer board.
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Yes, you can set the timer (it counts down) pause it and it will resume counting down from where it left off.
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I just followed the instructions in the manual. I have my timer set at 9 seconds and it begins to countdown as soon I pull the handle down.
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I enter the time, but I saw that my daughter just hit start.... maybe there's an automatic setting of 1 minute. We'll have to go back and read the manual, you and I !!!
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Using it as count down timer, it will reset to the previous time used. No need to reset it each instance, unless of course a different time is required.
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Hi - If you set the timer to count down, after it counts down and goes off, it will count up, but no alarm at the end of a count up time if that is what you are looking for. BEWARE of one thing about this timer. If you set it for an amount of time and it goes off, a normal individual's (me?) expectation would be that when you hot the switch to turn it off, that's it and the alarm will not continue to sound. Well, that's wrong. This crazy product will continue to ring every (30 secs? 1 minute?) until you go stark raving mad and exile it to another room so you no longer have to hear it. BUT - there is a solution I only recently discovered on my own. After you hit the STOP button, hit the button on the upper left side of the screen to return to the Clock function and the alarm will not continue to sound. This may sound crazy but the alarm problem was so annoying I avoided using this timer for about 2 years until I stumbled over this solution. And in answer to your second question, you would have to set alarm times and have the alarm go off to do a count up, but the 3 channels are independent.
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Oh my word. Thank you for the question. YES. I tried it as you said... I was wondering why my timers would all start over. I'v purchased a lot of them, so I won't forget things.. Yes... I put in 3 seconds, it went off; so I pushed stop. Then, I just pushed start again, and it counted down the 3 seconds. I did it about 4 times... 'cool' and thanks again for the question.
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You can modify it to do seconds too. See this post: http://ohmyclegg.blogspot.com/2013/07/chicago-electric-digital-timer-hack.html
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Previous answers correct but just note that when setting the time it moves in increments of 15 seconds. You can't set specific times beyond that.
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The timer will count up to 9 hrs and 59 minutes and 59 seconds. I don't believe that you can set any alarms when counting up. I like this timer a lot.
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I just tried to set it for a 24 hour countdown. The most I could do was 9:99:99. I don't know about a count up, but I imagine it would be similar.
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the settings count down to zero then start counting up to who knows where. You aren't programming the timer so much as you are initializing its functions. I would not buy this timer again for a multitude of reasons and plan to replace it soon. I do not like this timer and am sorry I bought it.
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I am sure the timer allows you to manually override the timed settings. (Most timers do allow this.) The On/Off buttons provide this capability.
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A minute is the smallest marked increment of time. You could probably do less, but it would loose accuracy.
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The timer is a count down timer. It does not have a real time clock. To use it you need to turn the heater on and then set the runt time 1hr, 2hr, etc. You cannot use it like an alarm clock.