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Re: 8 dead Intermatic Timers



Try calling Intermatic?

They are a good company from my expirence, I don't use their timers but like
the Zwave products they produce and will be carrying them soon.

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Brian Dye
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"bob" <bsmall69@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I bought 8 model DT121 timers for our indoor christmas trees and displays
>last year. One of them I continued to use past christmas and it stopped
>working a few months ago. I figured it was dead batteries, even though the
>time was still working and it did not say LO on the display. It would only
>stay on and would not turn off at all, even though the display cycled
>through ON and OFF. All other 7 timers were stored in the attic in a zip
>loc, with all the batteries removed and stored in another zip loc bag along
>side them. I plugged them in a week ago and they all worked, even though
>one said LO on the display, it still functioned properly. I went out of
>town for a couple days and found that all 7 remaining timers were dead.
>None of them turn on or off. I bought new batteries at Radio Shack, even
>though the time display was still functioning, thinking it was just time
>for new batteries. Guess what, they still don't work. I also tried the
>reset button just above the battery compartment, but no difference. These
>are not exactly the cheapest timers out there. Is there a fix? or are they
>complete trash now? I dont have the packages or I would just exchange them
>at Lowes where I boutht them since you would figure that a timer should
>work for more than 10 months, 8 of which were in storage, unused.
>
> any solution?
> Thanks, Ron




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