Hot Water Tank and Timer

[Xringer]

Originally Posted by herlichka

Just a footnote to my choice of timer; the battery backup feature of the INTERMATIC timer I chose is critical to the success of the project. Here in Penetanguishene we are subject to frequent power interruptions, mostly because of geography, we are on the SE shore of Georgian Bay, east side of Lake Huron, and summer thunderstorms and winter snowsqualls roll off the bay on a very regular basis, and I did not want to be constantly resetting the timer. I realize that there are less expensive mechanical timers out there, but they lose time when the power is off.

At first, I was worried about not having battery backup on my timer..
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/conser...ent-timer.html


I was interested in the INTERMATIC too. But wondered if my wife
would be able handle the programing etc, if I wasn't around..

But, our grid seems be getting more reliable, or our weather luck is amazing. (We just dodged a hurricane).

After a grid failure this spring, (while we were not at home) I noticed
the burn started up at the wrong time, but it only took about 10 seconds to reset the clock..
For us (lucky folks), the less expensive mechanical timer ($38) fills the bill perfectly..