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Old 08/06/2007, 03:24 PM
smeeks smeeks is offline
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Power Strip/Timer

Can anyone recommend a good Power Strip/Timer? I'm looking for something to regulate my day vs. night lighting. The two that I keep finding are Coralife (really bad customer reviews), and Newtek (can't find any customer reviews at all. Thanks!
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Old 08/06/2007, 03:53 PM
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I'd just buy a couple seperate timers, and something like this:

http://www.provantage.com/tripp-lite...2~7TRPM003.htm

and a couple timers from HD or Lowes.
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Old 08/06/2007, 03:59 PM
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they also make little 1 foot power cord extensions so you can use all the slots on the powerstrip.

http://www.skymall.com/shopping/deta...tPage102153907

or you can get something like this

http://www.skymall.com/shopping/deta...d=102473029&c=
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Old 08/06/2007, 04:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by RichConley
I'd just buy a couple seperate timers, and something like this:

http://www.provantage.com/tripp-lite...2~7TRPM003.htm

and a couple timers from HD or Lowes.
This is exactly how I have mine setup. I bought a couple of appliance timers from Home Depot and standard power strips. Plugged the power strips into the timer and am able to control my whole system on a day/night cycle.
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Old 08/06/2007, 04:45 PM
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The nice thing about the powerstrip I posed are that the outlets are 3 inches apart.
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Old 08/06/2007, 06:35 PM
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I just built my own so timers fit where I need them.

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