Intermatic EJ351C Wall Timer
by Intermatic
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Intermatic EJ351C Wall Timer
Customer Review: Unhappy Camper
Summary: 1 Stars
I received the Intermatic EJ351C 24hour wall timer and called an electrician to install it. He said it did not work because it was defective. I then had to order another one and pay shipping again. When I receive the new one I will have to pay the electrician again. My cost for install and postage will be more than the cost iof the timer. Not happy Customer Review: Impossible to use
Summary: 1 Stars
My landlady installed this timer for the exterior lighting. My problem: I can't figure out how to even make the blasted thing turn the lights on. I downloaded the manual, which specifies that the timer will operate like a light switch once it is in automatic mode. But I can't get it into automatic mode - when you turn it on, it is in "being programmed" mode and you have to program it before you can do anything. I've tried both ways to program it suggested by the manual but the steady red light indicative of automatic mode simply doesn't appear.
The profusion of modes in this innocuous-looking little timer (manual, automatic, rapid programming, 24-hour self programming, program review) is a user interface nightmare and far too complex to express effectively with a single red light. Without the manual it's unlikely you could even figure out that most operations are done by depressing the time dial. Advice to the manufacturer: next time do some usability testing.
Customer Review: Save Your Money
Summary: 2 Stars
Timer worked reliably, so far as it is designed to, for a year or so and then began to turn on the light that it controlled earlier and earlier each cycle---clearly defective. Of course, the warranty expired two weeks before this began happening, so I am in the market for a new timer.
Reliability issues aside, I will not be purchasing another timer of the same model due to the fact that it was a pain to have to regularly reprogram the timer to follow a dusk-to-dawn schedule anyway (it's a moving target), so I am now searching for a somewhat higher quality, self-adjusting timer.
Customer Review: simple
Summary: 5 Stars
Arrived in a timely manner with complete instructions to do it yourself, was able to install within three minutes.---Works like a charm programming instructions quite easy to understand.Customer Review: Horrible Timer. Difficult to use and unreliable
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this four years ago and have had nothing but problems. Three problems:
1. EVERY time there is a power outage you need to reset the schedule.
2. It is difficult to set and understand how to program it. Several times I've confused AM and PM causing my light schedule to not work properly.
3. Even when I know I set the timer correctly, it doesn't always work properly.
I'm now on the hunt for a new mechanical timer that hopefully works better.