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    Does anyone know of a consumer grade timer that can turn on for 5 then off for 15 for a set period throughout the day? Best I can find so far is on for 15 and off for 15.

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    I have several of this type
    jaycar.com.au

    Assuming the same functionality as mine, you can do 10 sets of on/off in a 24 hour period, of any period you like, choosing from several combinations of which days per week (one day up to every day)

    I didn't pay that much, but Crest no longer seem to do them (?)

    There are also lots of smart home versions around these days (cost more again)

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    These will do whatever time schedule you want. Requires a wifi connection. Program via an app which is easy to use.

    TP-LINK TAPO-P110(1-pack) Tapo Mini Wi-Fi Plug with Energy Monitoring at The Good Guys

    They also have a random function (for lamps when you are away) and sunset/sunrise triggering.

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    Thanks gents, I think Jack's option might work best for me. It can do 32 presets and I don;t know if on is one and off is another or on/off is counted as one, but worst case I can get 5.5 hours a day of it doing what I want. Hopefully on/off is counted as one which means I would get 8 hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tools View Post
    t can do 32 presets and I don;t know if on is one and off is another or on/off is counted as one...
    I don't know either sorry. But even if it doesn't work for your current project, I guarantee you'll find a use for it somewhere else in the home. I have four of them at my place.

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    have a look at Sonoff basic 4, can’t beat the price


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pulse View Post
    have a look at Sonoff basic 4, can’t beat the price
    Does it allow you to set timing schedules of the type Tools wants? I had a look at the Sonoff website and the documentation is terrible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jack620 View Post
    Does it allow you to set timing schedules of the type Tools wants? I had a look at the Sonoff website and the documentation is terrible.
    not 100% sure, the software seems pretty flexible, I’m yet to program it, costs about $5 which i’m happy to waste

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    sonoff is cool, you can do what you want with these things, i have several and they are brilliant, yes you can set up how you want i think.

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    Just picked up one of those Tapo plug-ins which was only $16.50 from Bunnos. Pretty easy to program but each on or off is counted as one function and being limited to only 32 functions per day I am a little short of the number of functions per day that ideally I was after. I believe that this can be increased with a software upgrade so I will look in to this.

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