digital timer question

[Relicbane]

I started a new single plant, some white widow, in soil, and I would love to set it up so I could hide the plant and not need to check it except like... once a week.

Being in soil, I don't want a timer to turn on for 10 minutes at a time every day... what I would like is some sort of digital timer that would turn on every 2 days for like 5-10 seconds at a time. This way I could put a fish pump in a bucket of water with nummy nutes and it would pleasantly water her ("her" I hope... christ...)

Trouble is, I can't (seem) to find any timers that turn on for less than 1 minute, and at intervals of more than a maximum of once daily. Anyone know if such a timer exists?

 

[clanchattan]

check out some of intermatics digital timers www.intermatic.com

8 daily programible intervals

search for: ET 100C

 

[leafminer]

Yeah there are plenty of programmable digital timers on the market. Also check out the industrial section on EBay. Programmable timer is the way to go. These primitive timers like u get from Home Despot, suck. OK yust about for lamp cycles. Useless for hydro operation. Actually if I went full hydro I think I would use an old PC running Linux and buy a D to A board (controller) and program the system myself. Probly there are shareware progs orlready owt there.

 

[Pothead420]

home depot or wally world will have them:hubba: digital with multiple settings
the first pic is a Brinks timer from walmart second is a intermatic from the depot

 

[andy52]

i find that the cheaper ones work and last longer than the hi dollar ones.i use the ones i get from walmart.programmable for 15 min. intervals.i have some of the hi dollar ones and they are sitting in the closet.probably be in the garbage soon.

 

[cryhavoc]

check lowes or homedepot

 

[Relicbane]

I know if can find electronic timers, but I was hoping to find one that I could program to go off every 2 days (not every day) for like... 10 seconds.

seems to me that everything lowes or HD sells are like... minimum on-time of 1 minute, and it doesn't go beyond every 24 hours. I dont want it to turn on that long, and I dont want it on every day.

I'm not doing a hydro setup, I'm doing soil.

I don't think they make what i'm lookin for =(