$20 Feed Timer Short and Sweet!

[Avast Marine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7917227#post7917227 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itZme
dandy7200, nice job on the DIY mechanical timer. It does save some work for those electrically challenged reefers out there.

Bean, do you have any experience or an idea how long the Radio Shack DPDT 120vAC RELAY could stand being energized? I was going to use this type of a system for powering things like moonlights on the same timer as T5 using the NC side of the relay but was afraid of having the relay energized for roughly 10 hrs straight.

I think they do claim to be "continuous duty" but running them for power outages only would seem to push them to the limits in a short period of time.

Thanks,
-- Kevin

Thats the relay I used. It states on the package rated for min. 500,000 cycles at max rated load. It doesn't give a spec for continuous duty length.

 

[Qwiv]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7917227#post7917227 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by itZme
dandy7200, nice job on the DIY mechanical timer. It does save some work for those electrically challenged reefers out there.

Bean, do you have any experience or an idea how long the Radio Shack DPDT 120vAC RELAY could stand being energized? I was going to use this type of a system for powering things like moonlights on the same timer as T5 using the NC side of the relay but was afraid of having the relay energized for roughly 10 hrs straight.

I think they do claim to be "continuous duty" but running them for power outages only would seem to push them to the limits in a short period of time.

Thanks,
-- Kevin

Instead of a relay, you could have a photosensor turn on the moon lights.