This will not only determine what type of equipment you will need to purchase, but outline a plan of your components that will need to be organized or grouped. It is also recommended to make a list of all your intended equipment and write out a schedule for on and off times of day. Especially when it comes to timers or dimmers with multiple settings, it may take a few cycles to ensure everything is operating as you desire. This is the most common issue with items that appear to not be functioning correctly. When it comes to setting up new equipment, no matter how familiar you think you may be with it, always read the instructions carefully. When selecting a power timer for your aquarium, here are a few key points you will need to consider first: If you’d rather control your aquarium’s schedule with your phone, check out the TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Power Strip, which has six individually customizable outlets. It allows for maximum customization, with day, night, and always-on outlets paired with easy digital programming. Our favorite power scheduler is the Coralife Digital Power Center. Outlets: One | Timers: Up to 48 in a 24-hour cycle | Dimensions: 3 x 4.8 x 3 inches | Water Resistance: None There is, however, a switch on the BN-Link that changes the socket from your timer programming to always on, and back again. While you can set multiple on-off cycles through a single 24-hour period, there’s no way to have different settings for different days without reprogramming each time. It’s a relatively intuitive system, which allows you to cycle a device on and off at custom intervals throughout the day, but the narrow pins make it hard to program by hand-it’s much easier to press the pins down with a little screwdriver or other metal tool. If you want a light to come on for two hours at night and two hours in the early morning, for example, you would push down all the pins inside of those two-hour sections of the wheel. First, you turn the wheel to align the current time with an arrow, then you push down pins for the times when you want the outlet activated. Instead, this timer features a big wheel representing 24 hours, which is surrounded by thin tabs, or pins, which represent 15-minute increments. The BN-Link 24 Hour Plug-In Mechanical Timer doesn’t require any batteries and doesn’t have a programming display. This fully mechanical timer allows for a detailed daily program, but only for one plug at a time. Programming is easier with a little metal tool Outlets: 8 (4 always on, 2 night, 2 day) | Timers: one digital | Dimensions: 4 x 12.2 x 2 inches, with 3-foot cord | Water Resistance: Limited But those reservations aside, this the best choice for most aquarium set-ups. It requires a LR44 battery to preserve timer settings, which you’re probably less likely to have around your house than more common battery types. The Coralife Digital Power Center isn’t perfect. The Coralife was built specifically with fish tanks in mind, which results in thoughtful features like the built-in outlet covers, which allow you to close off unused sockets from splash damage. Programming so many settings in the power center’s little screen is as intuitive as possible, but you’ll still likely need the manual for reference the first few times you go in to change your settings. The digital display is easy to use and can be set up for any type of aquarium. You can program the Coralife differently for each day of the week, setting custom windows for daylight or nighttime sockets. The daytime sockets are color coded yellow and the nighttime sockets blue. The Coralife Digital Power Center has eight outlets-four for use all the time, two for daytime, and then another two for nighttime.
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