I want to use this to keep water from freezing in a vacation home. Can you set it to run for 10 mins every hour. Thanks
1080914
I don't believe you can set it to those values. It would be advisable to winterize your cabin, when you leave. That is, shut off the water supply and drain the system. Don't forget to drain the hot water circuit.
1665970
I've run my previous one for twelve hours or longer. However, I burnt it out when I let it run dry overnight. I'm sure it would have continued to run, had there been water to pump. The unit is so good, for so little money, I bought another.
769191
Yes. One can set the water frequency to: 8hr, 12hr, 24hr and every 2 days, 3 days, and 7 days (i.e., once a week). It is very reliable. We have ours set at every 24 hr.
1584614
NO this will not go down to that short of time intervals, the most you can set it for I believe is to water 4X within 24 hours.
1424394
I run mine on the intermittent setting (it runs for 6 hours)... approximately half the water is gone. I always reflll it before starting it again, so not sure exactly. Based on what I've observed, maybe 12 hours? It automatically shuts off after 6, or 3 (if on constant).
1553938
The instructions say not to run it for more than 15 min at a time. If you let it sit for 5 min between each use I think you would b fine it is a great system the solution it comes with is not that great. Spend the money and get good solution we bout a gal on amazon for $100 and it is a big difference
155489
Yes. The operation manual says "The line is programmable to release water up to two times a day on any or all days of the week, for duration ranging from 1 minute to 23 hours and 59 minutes." I have mine connected to a freeze free spigot and leave the spigot open all the time allowing the Claber to turn on and off as necessary. It works very well, and 1 9v battery lasts all season. Only caution is if you live in a cold climate, make sure to disconnect the Claber and take it indoors before the first freeze.
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I have 3 of these. You would not be able to run it constantly.... the motor would burn out. I have filled the tank and set it to go off every 5 min for 20 seconds and it lasted for two hours. I'm sure you could rig it to pump from a larger reservoir if you wanted too.
1781396
If you want to shut off recommend just buying a simple water timer you can get a any home improvement store. You can have it run for hours and it shuts off automatically. Works like a charm for me.
1100621
No. you can set it to run for a duration of one minute. but the smallest interval is 6 hours. Get a cat.
759007
Hi Beth,This is a great timer and is my third one. I buy them for my irrigation systems and have been using them for a long time. You won't have any problem setting this up to run for 8 hours. You can set any duration between 1 minute and 11 hours and 59 minutes.Good Luck!Alex
1808613
It has only one setting and yes, it does run out of water in about 3 hours. It doesn't hold that much water to begin with though. It does keep the water cool. There is no heat whatsoever created in the unit.
1853681
The cooler has a timer on it that you can set for 0.5 to 7.5 hours. I've never used it continually for more than about 4 hours but it only used about 1/2 the water in that time period. Of course, it also depends on what speed you have it set on, too.
707023
You can set it to run the same 3 hours each day. Although You shouldn't need it to run all day, 3 hours may be a bit short. You will have to start it running the same time as the pump. If you set the time over 3 hours, it will pause due to low flow until the next time the pump starts moving water.
568139
No..It is designed to turn on and off at temperature set points. There isn't any way to control the "time" when it hits a set point. The only time setting is in-between the low shut off point and the high turn on point. If you were heating in a refrigerator with an element then it shuts off it is here you have control of the time..(it's called controlling the "short cycle")..after it shuts off there will be some residual heat at first then it will be absorbed or dissipate in short time...like 8-10minutes. So you set the "lag" time for like 15minutes, so then the controller will not check the temperature for 15min. THEN turn off if it needs to cool down more. That is the only time control in this controller. The only way to work in your case is you would need to place a 10min. timer between your controller and the pump. the problem being is you'll need a timer that re-sets after it shuts off..Not easy,but not impossible either!
2259821
Hi there. Because of flow restriction (severe) I only used this a couple of times and then gave it away. Since it is a spring-wound timer, anything less than 15 minutes would be iffy, and during the last couple of minutes it would begin to shut off the water even more.
1421621
It says in the instructions to just precool it for 3 hour's. I don't think that it would be a good idea to leave it running all night. We bought a Ac/dc adapter to get it ready in the house.