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Cheapest Timer light switch.

Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:32 pm
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57457 posts
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:32 pm
I need some cheap light switches that automatically turn off after a set time to put in closets and Landry room so the SO will stop leaving the lights on.

Any ideas?
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 12/2/15 at 4:20 am to
Bedroom, automatic bjs
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
12740 posts
Posted on 12/2/15 at 8:40 am to
I would find some motion activated ones, instead of timer ones. We have them in the bathrooms here at work, and I think it clicks off after 5-8 minutes. I honestly forget, because I started taking the elevator to another floor for any times I had to use the stall instead of the urinal. Nothing like just getting relaxed and the dang lights going out and having to wave your arms around hoping they come back on. But for home use in areas like that, it would be great. We also have them in the offices on our floor. Automatically cut off after 5 minutes of no motion.
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57457 posts
Posted on 12/2/15 at 3:08 pm to
those are al 20 bucks a piece. It would take the lights being on all year for 5 years to pay for those on savings.

I figured a swithc that flipped back in 5 mins woul dbe cheap/
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
12740 posts
Posted on 12/2/15 at 4:18 pm to
Even basic dimmers are $12-15 each. One with a timer is going to be more. I thought about doing this for my living room, kitchen, and the kids playroom, since those are the ones that seem to always be left on. The living room has 5 can lights and another fixture on the switch. The playroom has two fixtures with 4 bulbs each, and the kitchen has a pair of fixtures, one a fluorescent and the other with 5 bulbs. I ended up just using dimmers instead because I couldn't find one with a timer or motion sensor and dimmable at the time, but it has been several years. Plus all of them were 3 pole and I wasn't sure how a sensor would work with those.
Posted by retired trucker
midwest
Member since Feb 2015
5093 posts
Posted on 12/2/15 at 4:24 pm to
bad idea

cheap switches are an electrical hazard

buy good quality ones...

you can simply wire in , the motion detector type, set sensitivity and length being on, and you're done...LEVITON makes decent ones
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