coral life aqua timer digital

[pewpewlazerbeam]

Ok so is this thing just a giant piece of trash or what?

originally i programmed it wrong but then i realised what i did and fixed it. it worked for a few weeks. Then it started resetting itself all the damn time. Its basically worthless now, because it randomly reset its timer.
Other experiences with this people?

Is there a cost effective alternative for a timer?

 

[thatguy559]

change the battery

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

change the battery

That didn't occur to me because its only a few weeks old but I guess its worth a shot?

 

[thatguy559]

yeah but those things sit on the shelfs for who knows how long. i had the same thing happen to me changed out the battery never happened again

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

thanks man. Remember where you got the battery?

 

[thatguy559]

Radio shack

 

[markingfoxrays]

yeah but those things sit on the shelfs for who knows how long. i had the same thing happen to me changed out the battery never happened again

 

[thatguy559]

^WTF did he just copy and paste to get post?

 

[tat2z_21]

^WTF did he just copy and paste to get post?

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

Lol, appears so

 

[thatguy559]

thanks floyd

 

[tat2z_21]

On the real though those timers are crap anyways, form my experience with them and from what I have read, they are crap. Better to just save up 100 dollars and get a controller. That way you have more functionability (is that a word), and contollability (almost certain that is a word, damn California educational system.)

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

Thatguy, before i go buying a battery for something im fairly certain is worthless let me know if yours was doing this.

It does randomly reset but also. EVERY time i switch through the on phase it makes a sound and resets. I can then click it on and leave it on. But if i set the timer, then cycle to auto passing through the ON phase it resets. this doesnt seem battery related

 

[thatguy559]

Mine would loose the settings and sometimes it would do what you are talking about. If you feel that you don't like that timer then go buy a controller they are all over reefcentral. I just bought another aqua jr for my turtles so I can toss that timer in the trash

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

I like the timer when it works, but last night it was on when i went out and off prematurely when i came home. Thats gotta stress out the fish/corals right?
I went over to reef central and looked for controllers, this is extreme overkill. I have a 29 gal biocube i dont need remote monitoring of all this stuff. I dont understand how these timers can be such complete pieces of crap and still be on the market.

How is there not a reasonable alternative?

 

[tat2z_21]

There is. Home depot sells the single timers that are complete workhorses. I had them on my reef for a little over 3 years with no issues at all. You set them and forget them. They work like a champ. the only downside is you have to have the outlets for them to plug into. But seriously safer then the coralife, (huge fire issues) and really reliable. Check them out. I think they cost around 7 or 8 dollars

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

I'll have to stop by the depot after work and check it out. I assume you could plug them into a power strip temselves as long as the overall load wasnt overloading the strip?

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

Went to home depot today bought a few things. They have a black powerstrip that has a digital reader. It looks eerily similar to the coralife pos but a different color. But unlike the coral life it had good reviews. ( wish id looked at some coral life reviews before buying)

Also I bought a mechanical dial one for the moon cycle since the new powerstrip only has on and off, not night and day. Will keep you guys posted with results

 

[NC2WA]

similar to the coralife pos

how do you really feel about this digital timer??

LOL LOL

I can hear the passion in your voice.

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

I'm sorry but I found revews (pretty much every review) with the same problem as I'm having that date back 3 flippong years. The fact that they're still selling a product that has knowingly just not worked for 3 + years pisses me off. Fix your s*&t or take it off the market.

I manage a family business that sells building materials. If we had consistant problems of the same type that rendered one of our products flat out useless id have lawsuits if I kept selling it without fixing the problem.

There are countless threads on this timer elsewhere, as well as review on many sites. How I failed to notice a constant 1 star rating is embarrasing. I tend to think I'm a smarter e consumer than that