Customer Reviews

Timex L12/887/3999P04 Outdoor Countdown Timer with Photoeye & LED

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I set it to turn on our front side lighting for 2 hours after dusk, it worked for the winter and quit working during spring time.

When it was working, it tends to malfunction after a rain shower. I suspect it leaks water somewhere albeit it was designed for outdoor use.

I'd try a different one. And I won't recommend to anyone who wants an outdoor timer.

I use several of these timers to plug in all my holiday lights... they come on at dusk and will turn off after the number of hours you select, or stay on all night. Very easy to use!

I bought two of these. About every 2-4 days one of them keeps resetting to F or off and I move it back to countdown and it works for a while again. The second one usually remembers what to do for about a week. Not sure why they keep resetting themselves, its not rain, but it really makes them useless. I have one on a bug zapper and one on an exterior light. I tied swapping the locations thinking it was a ground fault or something? I got the same results on the same unit. I would not recommend these, the mechanical ones seem much more robust.

Timex L12/887/3999P04 Outdoor Countdown Timer with Photoeye & LED Purchased 8 timers for my Xmas displays. Was not able to set timer so that it would go on and off daily. Instructions on back of unit small enough to require a magnifying glass to easily read. Called the 800 number and they could not help, but said they would ask someone else and call back. No call back. Called and spoke to another representative who knew even less than myself. Returned all units and bought WalMart outdoor timers for $10.23 each and they are functioning properly. Plus I didn't need a magnifying glass to read the instructions.

Wanted a countdown timer to control my towel drying rack, thought this may work and it did. Because it has a photosensor which will make it turn on every night (after it sees light/darkness) I covered the sensor with black tape. When I want to to turn on I just cycle it through the hours to off, and then set it to the hours I want and after a short pause it clicks on.