If the face of the switch moves and if plugged into an extension cord
there is a chance the moving face could be restricted by touching
something. This has happened to me.

Mark Elliott wrote:
The only reason I can think of would be that most plug in timers are a bit
wider than a standard plug and may not seat properly if you use every
socket, Ontherwise I can't see any problem - it's only a switch!

You could use System 2000 stuff as an alternative - it's expensive and not
very reliable!

Mark

"frank" wrote in message
...

My son has a marine tank set up and has some new fancy lights (sorry,
can't be more precise than that) and would like to put them on a
timer. He has everything plugged into a bar plug (extension cable)
and has been looking at the electronic timers, but they say that they
are not reccommended to be fitted to extension leads. :-( Any idea
why this should be, or suggestions as how to get around this. What are
other people here using if they are using timers.
Thanks
Frank
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Regards
Frank.

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