I read you have to turn it on and off. Can I leave on 24 hours? Or do I have to go out to fence to turn off and on? Thx
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I really have to say, that this was not worth buying. I left it on...24hours. the dogs still barked. the battery went dead.. then I replaced the battery and moved the little house, the dogs still barked..the battery went dead. It fell off the fence, and it is still outside in the grass. the dogs are still barding.
569930
We leave ours on constantly as the neighbour's dog barks all day and all night when it is not switched on. My sanity is worth the batteries.
467082
Leave light turned off with the switch for 5 minutes. Turn back on and set to Automatic as normal. Blue light will come on and flash about every 30 seconds or so. When it gets dark, the Blue light will turn to Green, light should then turn on for about 45seconds or so, then go out if nothing is telling it to stay on. Any sort of movement will turn it on or keep it on.I had a similar problem with mine today. They would not turn off. Found out that some birthday balloons in front yard were moving just enough to keep the motion sensor tripped to on.Good LuckGary
1295808
I've left ours on since it arrived a few weeks ago. It has a timer you can activate but by default it will stay on indefinitely.
2019248
I have left it on while going to church 2 plus hours. I would not recommend it as the fire department does not recommend leaving electric units on once you leave the house. Definitely have smoke alarms if left on overnight.
1197436
I read the instructions again to find an answer for your question as best as I can. If i set up my unit at the same time every night before I go to sleep at 10pm for 6am switch on with the unit plugged in on the off setting I would press the timer button and with the + sign select 8hrs, the next time I go to set up the timer I press the timer button and it will still show 8hrs, if I go to sleep later then I will change the hours to switch on accordingly. I don't leave my unit plugged in so I don't know if the timer remains and the unit turns on every 8 hours. Sorry, hope this helps.
762809
I has a timer with a "stay on" option I suppose you could put it on "stay on" and use a wall timer. This thing is very heavy duty. I doubt seriously you'll want to run it 4 hours every day.
428324
Hello. You can certainly leave it on all night. I do all the time. Also electricity is much cheaper in the later hours. :-)
2038747
It doesn't have an automatic shut off so if you turn it on it'll just go and go until the battery goes dead. I'm not sure how many hours of battery time it's good for but I've left mine on all night long on several occasions and it's still going strong!
152007
There is a light on it. I am not near it to check right. After I mow my lawns it is always ready the next morning. I leave it plugged in 24/7.
577407
It really depends on the battery you are using. The one that comes with it is very good quality, but if left on accidentally overnight, even that will drain very quickly. It's not meant to be left in the on position, a very common complaint with this device since it's so easy to turn it on by accident. I left mine on once and the wires melted and ruined it, but the company replaced it for free even though I was outside the return window, so that was awesome. That said, to answer your question, the battery life is very short if left on, I would say less than 4 hours at most. I would try replacing the batteries and if that doesn't help, contact the O'Mega, they are very helpful. It really depends on the battery you are using. The one that comes with it is very good quality, but if left on accidentally overnight, even that will drain very quickly. It's not meant to be left in the on position, a very common complaint with this device since it's so easy to turn it on by accident. I left mine on once and the wires melted and ruined it, but the company replaced it for free even though I was outside the return window, so that was awesome. That said, to answer your question, the battery life is very short if left on, I would say less than 4 hours at most. I would try... » Read More It really depends on the battery you are using. The one that comes with it is very good quality, but if left on accidentally overnight, even that will drain very quickly. It's not meant to be left in the on position, a very common complaint with this device since it's so easy to turn it on by accident. I left mine on once and the wires melted and ruined it, but the company replaced it for free even though I was outside the return window, so that was awesome. That said, to answer your question, the battery life is very short if left on, I would say less than 4 hours at most. I would try replacing the batteries and if that doesn't help, contact the O'Mega, they are very helpful. « Show Less
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There are two different settings. There is a setting where it will stay on all night, and there is a different setting where it turns off after 20 minutes. The switch for the time setting is on the bottom of the animal, next to where the batteries go in, so it does't get changed accidentally.
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The unit remains on even when the trailer is disconnected. If you would like to have the unit display go off, you would need to switch it off manually. The unit does remain on after the vehicle is turned off, but times out in approx 15 minutes.
509557
It says that it goes for 30 minutes... But that is if you run it non stop. I can run it for up to 90 minutes, turning it off in between areas.
1984985
I don't think leaving it attached 24/7 would hurt it any. The way I have mine set up I do have take it off because the power cord runs over a walkway but I don't think leaving it on all the time would be a bad thing ...just read the instructions carefully but I didn't see anything about that .awesome light
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I asked the same question when I called support. Set your time on and off. Manually turn them on. The on off time will then take over. The time you set will do that function. It will not evaluate the on off function continually throughout time. If set to turn on at 6 will turn on at 6. If you manually turn off then I won't turn on again until 6. Again set it and then be patient.
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I don't know that I would leave anything running 24/7 but don't see why you couldn't. What I did was get a timer so it would go on and off regularly without any effort on my part. That way it can run at the most important times for four hours three times a day.
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I haven't actually timed it but my guess is that it shuts itself off in about two hours. For my use in walking the dog and having it on at the fitness center I don't find this to be a problem and actually a good feature in the event you forget to turn it off. There is no warning and I don't know if this feature can be turned off. Ooooops, I learned something from the response by Walter.