Man i hate these Harbor Freight/ Hydrofarm digital timers

you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague

CobKits said:

you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague

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Worn duplex maybe?

That's why I always ALWAYS get the analog ones. The digital aren't reliable enough.

I just use sonoffs now but I haven't been running these long enough to say how they hold up. I probably pick up their 4 channel pro after I build my next light instead of just adding more basics.

Airwalker16 said:

That's why I always ALWAYS get the analog ones. The digital aren't reliable enough.

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yeah i guess the popup ones with 15 min intervals can flood tables ok. if my res pump sucks air for a few minutes no big deal

CobKits said:

yeah i guess the popup ones with 15 min intervals can flood tables ok. if my res pump sucks air for a few minutes no big deal

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Exactly. Crazy Dago has his trays on the floor and uses float switches to time when to turn his pumps on so he doesn't ever overflow. I don't get how he gets that shit right.

CobKits said:

you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague

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I had a magnifying glass work once from harbor freight.


I buy pond pumps for my nursery. It's weird, sometimes they last 4 or 5 seasons and other times I'll get 3 uses out of em. Luckily they are cheap enough to buy in bulk.

Indacouch said:

I had a magnifying glass work once from harbor freight.


I buy pond pumps for my nursery. It's weird, sometimes they last 4 or 5 seasons and other times I'll get 3 uses out of em. Luckily they are cheap enough to buy in bulk.

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Got a link?

Larry3215 said:

Got a link?

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When I get back home I'll post you some info. I go into the store and buy them.

CobKits said:

you know the ones. square with the round raised center portion

had another one fail on me this morning- 3 week s into flower and a few were wilted, will prob have root damage

my 30 year old intermatic sprinkler timer still works like the day i bought it

Avoid these like the plague

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those were discontinued by hydro farm a while back,still get same thing but no hydro farm name on it I got a couple 3 yrs old work great others last a week HFgrabed the last of the knock offs

not sure about that info, this is an active product and has been a harbor freight product for well over a decade probably before hydrofarm started selling them. it is the exact same product, i can see why HF stopped carrying them

https://www.harborfreight.com/digital-timer-95205.html

Fwiw, i stopped having issues once i found out about GE's 15a plug in timer & have used them on 1K SHPS & 1K DEHPS multiple times without a single issue and still going.

CobKits said:

not sure about that info, this is an active product and has been a harbor freight product for well over a decade probably before hydrofarm started selling them. it is the exact same product, i can see why HF stopped carrying them

https://www.harborfreight.com/digital-timer-95205.html

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yup same thing that's why the farm dumped them last yr,but like I say I got couple over 2 yrs going strong.but ya just Asian junk

SPLFreak808 said:

Fwiw, i stopped having issues once i found out about GE's 15a plug in timer & have used them on 1K SHPS & 1K DEHPS multiple times without a single issue and still going. View attachment 4170562

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LOL those r hit or miss too, there is one co making those under 12 names all Asian junk

I don't run flood tables but I have four or five if the 15 min analog ones that are five bucks at Walmart. A couple I use on my grow lights and the others for various reasons. I have had one out of six or so fail. The others have been working for a few years now.

thumper60 said:

LOL those r hit or miss too, there is one co making those under 12 names all Asian junk

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Well shit, that's not what i wanted to hear lol. Good to know

Hey guys, so i got a digital timer and it has 3 on/off settings. I set one and left the others at 12:00 pm (default). Since i left these at default, will it mess with my light cycle? Oh and dont buy walmarts hypertough digital timer it has a huge blue light that you have to cover with duct tape. Anywhoo, thats what im using.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D7WCT75/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
these aren't the highest quality ever, but they're cheap for the way they work...i love the cyclic feature...i have one of these turning an ozone generator on for 1 minute every three hours, and i have another running my aero cloner for 1 minute on, 4 minutes off...and another 2 sitting in a box for when these inevitably wear out...

Those look hood

Analog push tab timers FTW!!