Intermatic TB121C Digital Tabletop Lamp and Appliance Timer
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Intermatic TB121C Digital Tabletop Lamp and Appliance Timer
Customer Review: Defective Battery
Summary: 1 Stars
I should have paid greater attention to the other reviews. On first set up battery indicator flashed "Lo" Waste of time and money.Customer Review: Disappointed
Summary: 4 Stars
The product itself works quite well, and hopefully will get me started in the morning. My only complaint is that it shipped to me with low batteries. This happened to another person as well, a few reviews back. I knew that I would need replacement LR44 batteries at some point, but not this early.Customer Review: Easy to use, has battery problems.
Summary: 3 Stars
I wanted a simple timer for on/off in a single day. That's what this does. No weekly programming, or fancy stuff.
Some have mentioned it chews up batteries, and having battery "Lo" flashing. It's all true, but I found the fix. The batteries aren't really low, as I tested them with my voltmeter.
It's just the firmware seems to get confused. So I pulled the batteries, unplugged the unit and left it for several minutes, like a 'reboot'. Then put it back together and the error message went away.
The guy who coded the firmware messed up, or the electronics are poor. But knowing the solution, it works fine, for now.
I wish it was three prong, that lamps could plug into the unit (instead of down at the jack) and that I didn't have to suffer through the "battery Lo" issue.
I ordered a TB121C but on the bottom it says TB121. Maybe I got an old unit?
Customer Review: Easy!
Summary: 5 Stars
The best appliance timer I've found. Easy to use. Set it and forget it.Customer Review: Excellent form factor
Summary: 5 Stars
This unit solves two problems. Firstly it's an on/off timer for light loads with two ons and two offs per day. Secondly it provides a very useful remote on/off switch for things like the Indus-Tool TT Toasty Toes Ergonomic Heated Footrest. It's very easy to set the time and change the timers and it clearly indicates whether power is flowing to the controlled appliance.
The on and off timers can be programmed independently which makes this unit particularly useful if you want to use it to make sure that an appliance is not left turned on (like the heated footrest mentioned above). Just set a couple of "off" times without any "on" times and the appliance wont be left turned on for more than a few hours.