>
> 110V "appliance timers" are only about $7 retail, and some might be
> convertible to once-an-hour sort of usage (pegs for on/off, but usually
> you only get two sets of pegs with a timer..)
>
> BillW


I thought of using one of those (you can buy extra pegs), but I'm not sure
what the minimum period is, probably a lot more than 5 minutes (15, I
think).  Also, 'every 10 hours' doesn't divide well into 24 hours, but
he'd be probably happy with every 8 or 12 hours.

Hmmm, you'd need 48 pegs to do 5 minutes on/off every hour.  First Google
for 'timer pegs' -
http://www.kalyx.com/store/proddetail.cfm/ItemID/56969.0/CategoryID/12000.0/SubCatID/2845.0/file.htm
- ouch, $US1.12 a pair!

As Jinx suggested, use one for the parts.

Timers are $7, pegs are $1 a set.  I think I'm being screwed here...!

Tony

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