Timer recommendations

[EricD]

I would like to add a timer to my setup. I just have one pump plugged into an outlet, and a switch controlling that outlet. Ideally, I would run in "timer mode" with the option to override the timer if I want to turn the pump on or off when it's not scheduled to.

Most of the timers I've seen are traditional electric timers in a waterproof housing. But if you want to adjust the timer or override it, you have to open that housing. Considering the area can be wet, I'm not fond of that option. So I'm looking for a timer that can be controlled while staying waterproof. Any recommendations?

[Phillbo]

I have always used these : http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CFkQ8gIwAQ



on edit: may not be what you want ... you have to open it (expose it to water ) to manually turn it on or off.

[Poconos]

How about mounting the timer and any override switches in the house, maybe near the breaker panel. May not be an option if you don't want to walk to change it.
Offhand I don't know of any timer that can be remotely set. Doesn't say they don't exist, I just don't know about them. If you want to just do the on/off timer override that part is easy. For a couple hundred $$ yiou can do it from anywhere in the world.
Al

[CarlD]

Code in my town is an internal timer, so I have that, in my basement near the breaker panel. But when I had my small pool, I had an outdoor timer that plugged into an outdoor socket and had a simple cover you lifted. It was weatherproof and you could easily adjust it or bypass it. It was ten or 12 feet away from the pool.

Saying it's always going to be in a wet environment concerns me--rain is one thing but you make it sound like it's being sprayed with water constantly and that's not a wise idea.

Carl

[SalemCastles]

This is the one I have from Home Depot.
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

You do have to open it to manually switch it but it's simple to do that ..you are still insulted from the "guts" and it's electronic. I wired it in after my existing switch so I can isolate the timer and it's all on a GFI Breaker back at the panel.

[EricD]

Thanks. The GE/Home Depot model may be closer to my needs.

By "wet location", I didn't mean it would be sprayed or anything. But if I turn off the pump to clean the basket and turn it back on, chances are my hands will be wet.

My father (in Europe) has a timer that's in a waterproof enclosure. You have to open it to program it, but there's a switch on the housing to control it manually. I think it's an ON-OFF-PROGRAM type switch (if I remember properly). That's what I was looking for.

But if that's not an option, I was wondering what people with a timer did when they need to turn off a running filter (for cleaning basket, etc.) or turn it on during "off hours" (for vacuuming, etc.).

Glenn, I assume your timer stops when you turn off the switch and you have to reset the clock now and then.

[kelemvor]

Since you already have a switch, you could use something like this perhaps: http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CFcQ8wIwAQ

[SalemCastles]

I use the rocker switch inside the timer mostly ... it is three position, On - Off - Timer ...but yes if I turn it off with normal switch I would have to reset the time.