I use the cheap and nasty rotary dial type timer with dip switches. The
system has worked fine for years. You'll only be able to use one timer per
two plugs on the bar plug but can squeeze other plugs in between.

Regards


Chris

"frank" wrote in message
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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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