Intermatic DT17C 7-Day Heavy-Duty Grounded Programmable Digital Timer
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Intermatic DT17C 7-Day Heavy-Duty Grounded Programmable Digital Timer
Customer Review: Digital Timers
Summary: 3 Stars
Good little timer as far as functionality and programming flexibility is concerned. But, impossible to find locally in most stores on the East Coast of the US without paying an extra premium to "special order" (very annoying), so Amazon is a good bet. But mine failed--through no fault of mine or anything I could have done, according to Intermatic Customer Tech Support--after 6 1/2 months. Very frustrating because it's used with multiple daily programs. Much energy resources and money (mine) winds up being wasted with it not working. Let's hope the replacement Intermatic is supposed to send me under warranty is more reliable and lasts longer and that Intermatic gets it to me quickly!!Customer Review: timer
Summary: 4 Stars
Excellent product - but the first 'install battery' illustration is wrong - you have to go to p. 2 to see how the batteries really go in. After that's all settled; it's all good. Read through the directions a couple of times for settings/timing/etc. - if you're reading thru and trying the make the settings - it might 'close out' because you're taking too long.Customer Review: Accurate but somewhat confusing
Summary: 5 Stars
The timer is very accurate and is what I was looking for in a dual time zone digital timer. However, the directions were a bit confusing and it took about a week to get it all figured out and working properly. Customer Review: DT17
Summary: 1 Stars
I have the DT17 model, not the DT17C. It keeps good time, but eventually failed to turn on -- probably the relay, since everything else seems to work. The batteries last at least three years if the device is kept plugged in. I notice that the hot wire of the input is connected to the neutral of the outlet, and the relay switch operates on the input neutral and then passes it to the output hot terminal. Thus, it reverses the polarity of the hot and neutral lines. Geometrically, this eases the routing of high current (15-amp) connections, but how this arrangement ever passed Underwriters Laboratory testing and standards is beyond me. There is a lot of ambiguity in the directions -- if you hit the ON button, is it eventually overridden by the timer program, or does the device stay on forever? You have to do a lot of experimentation to determine what really happens.Customer Review: I swear by this timer
Summary: 4 Stars
I use about 7 of these timers. I use them plugged directly into wall outlets, hooked up to power strips, plugged into power strips, running fans, pumps and blowers. The only problem I've had was when I used one on a window air conditioner, it burned out after a week or so. Other than that they have worked without incident. I really like this timer.