Can I actually program this to feed at specific times of the day or is it like most others where the timer starts as soon as you put batteries in it?
1110846
The battery and timer go hand in hand-install battery and set your timer up to 4 feedings or less, plus additional feedings at set times-in addtion you can manually feed as you wish
307235
No. You can program it to automatically come on at a different specific time for each day of the week or at the same time for all 7 days of he week. Same for shut off time. It also has a "random" feature that will vary the on-off times +/- 0-15 minutes if it is programmed to turn on/off at the same time for all 7 days of the week.
910151
Sorry for the late response. Yes, you can program the kettle to start at a specific time.
1165701
I have never used it for that reason but the instruction book says you can set the device to operate at various times of the day and random time periods to avoid predictability. So I would say the answer is "yes."
1347724
Read the instructions CAREFULLY. If you have the current time set properly, you can start at "To Program the Timer". I believe if you take the time to work through that carefully one step at a time. you'll be in business. This timer has a LOT of capabilities for settings, and it is easy to miss a critical step if you're only trying for one on/off cycle per day, at the same time every day. That was, however, all I wanted to do, and by wading through carefully everything is working fine for me.
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hi Vicki, I have not been able to get it to do this. I don't even remember reading that this was possible in the instruction manual but granted I don't have the instruction manual anymore. But after looking at the timer itself -there are a total of 8 timer settings. So you could in essence run it for 1 minute starting at lets say midnight, then it would turn off, then start it again for a minute 15 minutes later, and so on for a total of 8 cycles. But that's really the extent of the extendable programming.
2240187
I would think so. You can program any time you like. You program the start and stop time separately so I'm pretty sure it would work for you.
906959
It has the option to program your schedule during the whole week. For instance, to maintain hot water in my houses the timer turns on the water heater at 7 am, 3pm and 8pm every day. I hope the information is useful.
2175000
The feeder feeds on clock time, not days of the month. It will continue until batteries deplete. Mine has been dispensing food for 2 months and batteries still ok.
558709
There are two limitations the timer has in regards to your needs. 1. It can only be set to 16 max programmed settings. So u would only be able to set it for 16 out of 24 hours in the day. 2. The shortest program is 1 min. But if you are able to work with those limitations somehow, this is a dependable timer.
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Yes you can! I programmed mine to be ready at a certain time every morning and it works beautifully! It also keeps the water at the same temperature (of your choosing) for 1 hour after the time you programmed it for. A helpful hint on using it is to use the instructions listed in the item description on Amazon as the booklet that comes with it was pretty confusing.
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If you have a pretty regular schedule, (9-5 job, don't usually wake up in the middle of the night, etc) you might be able to put it on a timer (preferably a 7 day timer) and program when you may need a warm seat. Also, most timers have a manual override for those unexpected occurrences. I don't have mine yet, but it looks like the controller is a manual, switch style that remembers where it was set when power is removed.
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I believe you can set 2 different programs per day, and as long as the batteries don't go dead it should work up to 3 months, but you will have to turn it off after 3 months or it will keep on going. I love this thing! Mine is set to come on every other morning for 30 minutes to turn on the sprinkler to water my grass, and it hasn't failed to come on or shut off yet.
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Yup - you can pretty much put in whatever schedule you'd like. It's a basic thermostat, but that's what I was looking for. Something simple and the ability to program. I have it go on at 7:00am, off at 9:00am, back on at 6:30pm and off at 10:00pm.
1539046
You can program it which way you want. For example monday 2 pm tuesday 5 pm not on wednesday etc. :)
952893
Yes, this unit must be plugged into a timer and you can use any timer you'd like. A $5 cheap mechanical timer was included with my feeder and it's still working fine.
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I programed my feeder to feed 3 times per day. It will Stay Programed that way UNLESS I change the settings. You DO NOT have to reset daily. Hopes this answers your question.