On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:25:14 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

Where would I look for a timer that would turn on an AC circuit for a short
time. Slightly different than the outdoor light timers, for I would like to
turn if on for small amounts of time, say five minutes every two hours.

What are you trying to do exactly? Please use as much white space
as needed to explain... ;-)





If it has to be at actual and precise times each day, my first
thought is an electronic timer like the Intermatic Digitals - Bad news
the ET100 only does 8 operations (4 cycles) per day, but good news
they are in one minute increments. The ET171 series will do 20
operations per day (10 on, 10 off...) They have fancier ones, but
they get more expensive.

If you just want to run a battery charger once or twice a day, you
can use something cheap like a plug-in wall timer.

If you need to have a piece of equipment start, they have little
solid state cube time delay relays that can be wired as a really long
period interval timer. Two hours off, five minutes on. But they are
not precise, so that period will slip around the clock - it won't
always be at 2 AM, 4 AM, 6 AM, 8 AM 10 AM...

-- Bruce --