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>> You do realize that the timers that Oren and I posted have on off
>> switches and can be spun to the current time with a flick of the
>> wrist, right?
>>
>> Jim
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>The idea is not to turn anything on or off at a particular time but to turn
>something off x hours from _now_ ,whenever now might be, with as little
>fuss as possible. In other words "press the button and use the appliance
>with the assurance that in two hours it will turn off in case I forget to".
>
I use a cheap timer like this one from Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/lamp-and-appliance-timer-40148.html
for $4.99 and set it to (for example) turn on at 3 pm and off at 5 pm, but
don't bother to actually set it to the reall time. When I want to use it
with a dumb battery charger, I just spin the timer till the pilot light
comes on, and know that it will shut off 2 hours later. Of course, If I
forget to unplug the charger before the next day, it will run through the
2 hour cycle again.
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Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein)
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org