Coralife Power Center Multi-Timer Problem

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    An old problem with my Coralife Power Center Multi-Timer seems to be reoccuring.

    It won't turn off! :p

    I was gone for a couple days and I think my halide was on for 24 hours!

    I will play with the tabs today and take a closer look.

    Anyone else have this problem?
     
    Matt Rogers, Dec 18, 2005
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  2. steve414

    steve414 Astrea Snail

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    same

    I have the same problem once every week my atinics will go off first then i will have to reset the time. my hardware store one is fine am going to get two of these.
     
    steve414, Dec 20, 2005
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  3. antonio101

    antonio101 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    timers

    I got my timers from Radio shack and they work well, you may want to try them:)
     
    antonio101, Dec 20, 2005
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  4. RiMo

    RiMo Astrea Snail

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    I have never had a problem with my coralife. I have had it for over a year.
     
    RiMo, Dec 21, 2005
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  5. skennelly

    skennelly Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Matt,
    I thought I read an article about those timers one time that advised people not to buy them because they can fail and cause a potential fire hazard. I'll see if I can find it and post back.

    But, yes I have heard of people having problems with those timers.
     
    skennelly, Dec 28, 2005
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  6. kb.bear

    kb.bear Peppermint Shrimp

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    I have one and I have to say it is horrible I only use the always on outlets because the controlled ones work like crap
     
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  7. kb.bear

    kb.bear Peppermint Shrimp

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    Is the mode set to auto? and are there any conflicts between the seven timers?
     
    kb.bear, Dec 28, 2005
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  8. Matt Rogers

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    are you talking about the digital one k.b.?
    this post was about the dial/tab type.

    Great. You know what... I bought the new digital coralife one because I left town yesterday and wanted to set it up before I left.

    GUESS WHAT. I put the supplied battery in it and it didn't work! :mad: I think the battery is dead. So now I am gone for a few days and I really don't know if my old timer turned off or not. Oh boy. :p
     
    Matt Rogers, Dec 28, 2005
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  9. imagine7070

    imagine7070 Flamingo Tongue

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    hey there Matt, did you ever figure out how to fix this. I am on my SECOND coralife dual timer with the circular dials and it is starting to FAIL again. The first one started to fail after 6 months and now the second one is doing the same thing!! :mad: My actinic won't turn off no matter how many times I turn the dial. The 10K lamp works fine so far, but I just had to unplug the actinic for the night. :mad:
     
    imagine7070, Mar 15, 2007
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  10. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    IMO circular dial timers suck and aren't as reliable as digital. Pulling out tabs for the on/off times don't work that well!
     
    coral reefer, Mar 15, 2007
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