Hello everyone, welcome to Daily
life hacks. In this blog we will explain about Programmable timer switch-how to program? In the previous blog ‘Refrigerator
power consumption- can be reduced’ we have discussed how to reduce
refrigerator’s power consumption by using a frontier digital programmable timer
switch. Not only in refrigerator but a timer switch can be used for many
appliances where the appliances should run for a particular time. For example,
a light bulb outside the corridor, someone wants to keep it ON for a particular
time. In our households we many time forget to turn OFF some appliances for
that we have to pay for unnecessary usages of electricity. So this kind of
appliances we can use a programmable timer switch.
In the market there are many
programmable timers switch present, we can use any of those suitable for us. In
this blog we will see how a Frontier Digital timer switch is programmed. As we
can see in the picture bellow there are 7 buttons present in a frontier digital
timer switch. These are reset, manual, clock, timer, day, hour and min.
Programmable timer switch-how to program?
Step1- Reset the timer: Press the reset button (1 in the picture) to erase if any previously programed setting present in the device. After reset you will see 00:00 in the clock.
Step2 Set the Clock/Time in the Timer: Set time and day in the device. To set day we will hold clock button pressed. Than press (one press for Monday, two press for Tuesday and so on) day to select on which day of the week today is. All day combinations
shown bellow-
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| Monday |
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| Tuesday |
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| Wednesday |
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| Thursday |
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| Friday |
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| Saturday |
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| Sunday |
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| All day |
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| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday |
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| Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
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| Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
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| Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday |
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| Saturday, Sunday |
To set Time we will keep clock pressed, to select hour and min as well. After setting day, hour and min, clock setting is done release clock button. Remember for only clock setting we have to hold clock button pressed, in timer setting we don't need to to hold timer button pressed.
Step3- Set the Timer: This setting is responsible for at which time your appliance would be ON and at which time OFF. One press on timer it will show 1 ON and blank day and blank time as shown below-
Set day, hour and min by pressing day, hour and min button respectively. This setting will turn ON the appliance at the time and day you set. In my case I have set to all day, 12 AM ON time as shown below-
Then press(one press) timer to set next time (1 OFF) when to OFF the appliance by pressing day, hour and min button respectively. This setting will turn OFF the appliance next at the time and day you set. In my case I have set all day, 2 AM ON time as shown below-
If you want to turn ON and OFF 1 time , you can then press Clock button to back to main screen. If you want multiple times to be ON and OFF then press timer again. It will take you to 2 ON, then set day, hour and min.
Again press timer to set 2 OFF and so on. In this digital timer switch we can together switch ON and OFF a appliance 16 times in a day.
Step4-Setting Auto Mode: At last when you are finished setting ON and OFF times, day then press clock to go to main screen where the clock/current time and day will be displayed as shown below-
Now press Manual button to set Auto. Pressing Manual button if ON led is glowing that means appliance will be ON continuously irrespective of the programming you set. If Timer is set to OFF mode that means appliance would be OFF continuously irrespective of the programming you set. The timer will work according to the programming you set only if it is set to Auto mode. ON, OFF and Auto modes are shown below-
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| ON Mode |
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| Auto Mode |
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| OFF Mode |
Conclusion: Programmable timer switch has many applications in households. This can help you in saving unnecessary usages of electricity. In this blog I have explained every steps how to program digital timer switch of Frontier. If anyone go through the blog thoroughly he can easily program a Frontier Digital Timer. He will be able to understand how it works.
FAQ:
1.How does a programmable switch work?
Answer: Programable switch has the ability to switch ON and OFF according to the program set by the user.
2.How do you set a timer on a digital time switch?
Answer: Using the Timer, Day, Hour and Min button we can set timer on a digital time switch.
3.What is the principle of timer switch?
Answer: The timer switch mainly controls the output according to the time set by the user.
4.What is an example of a timer switch?
Answer: Example suppose you want to turn OFF your corridor light at 5 AM everyday even if you don't wake up at 5 AM in the morning. In this case a programmable timer switch can be used.
5. What is digital timer switch?
Answer: A digital timer switch is type of timer switch which uses a digital clock to set when to turn ON and OFF the output load.
