I know this is electrical, but it goes with a water heater, so I hope to find some help here.
I cannot get a standard, "yellow dial in a gray box" water heater timer to keep time. The manual switch works fine, so there's no problem with the wiring. And for about a week, the clock triggered the on/off cycles perfectly. Then we lost power so I had to reset the clock. The darn thing won't move off the time I set. I don't think the internal clock motor got fried.
I pull out the clock dial, set the time under the pointer, and make sure it clicks back in position. The manual lever is set to off during this. The on/off triggers are clamped into position. I walk away, and the the clock hasn't moved 12 hours later. Like I said, it worked once. It's brand new.
This is the second Intermatic gray box timer I've bought in two months. I NEVER got the first one to keep time. The second one worked only for that one week. Am I missing something?
thanks
Doug
I cannot get a standard, "yellow dial in a gray box" water heater timer to keep time. The manual switch works fine, so there's no problem with the wiring. And for about a week, the clock triggered the on/off cycles perfectly. Then we lost power so I had to reset the clock. The darn thing won't move off the time I set. I don't think the internal clock motor got fried.
I pull out the clock dial, set the time under the pointer, and make sure it clicks back in position. The manual lever is set to off during this. The on/off triggers are clamped into position. I walk away, and the the clock hasn't moved 12 hours later. Like I said, it worked once. It's brand new.
This is the second Intermatic gray box timer I've bought in two months. I NEVER got the first one to keep time. The second one worked only for that one week. Am I missing something?
thanks
Doug