Electrical timer that does duty cycling?

[Carson Dyle]

I picked up one of those Fabreze electric plugin oil air freshener things the other day. I like it a lot, but it's overpowering if left plugged in constantly, and it has no adjustment for intensity. So I plug it in for a while, then unplug it.

I was thinking that a timer that could duty cycle it would be ideal. Ten or fifteen minutes an hour on, then off. The refills would also last much longer.

Anything like that out there?

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[edro]

Lamp timer sounds perfect. They are like $5 at the Dollar Store.

Gotta find one that would fit with the air freshener though. Most assume you are connecting a cord, not a heavy air freshener.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/24-Hour-Plug-In-Basic-Timer-15119/100685881

I agree. They are waaaay too powerful and the refill gets burned through in a week.
I have actually unplugged them and just let natural diffusion take over, and it is powerful enough.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Lamp timer sounds perfect. They are like $5 at the Dollar Store.

Gotta find one that would fit with the air freshener though. Most assume you are connecting a cord, not a heavy air freshener.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/24-Hour-Plug-In-Basic-Timer-15119/100685881

Not sure that would work with 30 minute intervals. I think the best it could do would be 30 minutes on/30 minutes off. And yeah, I'd also have to rig something up using a short extension because of the plug.

I agree. They are waaaay too powerful and the refill gets burned through in a week.
I have actually unplugged them and just let natural diffusion take over, and it is powerful enough.

Yeah, that would likely work with several of them around the house. I might just try that.

 

[edro]

Those little button pop out and switch it on or off.
They are set for every 30 min, so you just need to pop up every other one.

 

[twinrider1]

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89362/SUN-734112.html?utm_source=SmartFeedGoogleBase&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_term=SUN-734112&utm_content=Christmas+Light+Timers&utm_campaign=SmartFeedGoogleBaseShopping&gclid=CMD3s6KPq84CFQyraQodDIgLkw

 

[Carson Dyle]

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/89362/SUN-734112.html?utm_source=SmartFeedGoogleBase&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_term=SUN-734112&utm_content=Christmas+Light+Timers

Thanks. That's pretty close, but looks like it only does 8 events per day. Might end up being the best I can do.

 

[jdobratz]

They're a little pricey, but a Belkin Wemo smart switch could do this. You can create time based on/off rules with the smartphone control app.

 

[twinrider1]

Thanks. That's pretty close, but looks like it only does 8 events per day. Might end up being the best I can do.

I thought it meant 8 different schedules, but it doesn't matter because I think this one is a better fit and it's less expensive. It's analog and the dial has 96 segments. Press a segment down and it turns on for that 15 minute block. So press every 4th segment down...you get the idea.

Google showed this place to have the best total price. Plus if you sit on the page for a few minutes a 5% off first order offer popped up.
http://www.hydrogalaxy.com/timers/t...e-intervals/?gclid=CL26_qvFrc4CFQMxaQodJMwAvQ

 

[Carson Dyle]

twinrider, thanks again.