hey everyone you're here with mark bowell at perfectgardens.com so i continuously keep getting
questions about the timers a lot of my videos about 70 of you guys love the videos on the
timers and about 30 30 of you guys completely hate it i go back and i'm also 50 50. so i'm going
to remake the analog timer video one more time this being the fourth time i've made this video
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we are here for you okay so we're going to talk about terminology first so there is on and active
okay so not on and off get rid of that whole terminology on and active so when it's on that
means that energy is going to be flowing through the timer and to your light 100 of the time
when it's active that means the timer is engaged and whenever it's active it's going to be set up
based upon how you're setting these tabs so let's go ahead and take a better look at this real fast
before we get any further first thing to be aware of is that each and every single tab is 15 minutes
so i'm going to push one tab down right here and i'm going to show you what this looks like on this
tab and i want you to pay attention to the light in the background so right now the timer is on
so as you can see you'll see different ones you'll see it say on and down here it says timer
sometimes it says on active sometimes it says on it never says off actually it says
on or something else so just be aware on means 100 timer means active so right now it's 100
on and as you could see this little knob up here is up when i press it down and activated this knob
will be allowed to reduce down right here as you can see
i'm going to push it up watch this tab what you're watching is this little tab right here
i press it up and it comes up i'm going to zoom in a little bit more
this is active all right so remember so when this tab is up that means it's on
so that means when these tabs are down
like this right here it's going to keep this little knob up and engaged and when it's up that
means it's on so when it's down that means it's going to be off so i'm going to go ahead and now
turn it from on to timer or from on to active so now it's active
and as you could see the light in the background has stayed on but as the timer
rotates throughout the day watch in the back right here
timer goes it drops turning the light off okay so i hope this one specific part was helpful on
understanding how to turn your timer on and off so now let's go ahead and set your timer for 12
hours on 12 hours off why would you want 12 hours on and 12 hours off because that is what actually
signals to these plants and and gets them to start flowering when you want them to veg the light will
be on for 18 hours on six hours off and this includes veg plants seeds or clones with roots
when you are cloning with no roots i recommend having the light on for 24 hours straight
this is a question i always get on my aeroponics cloning videos but i'm going to include it right
here and one suggestion is that for an aeroponic cloner i might recommend having a digital timer
versus an analog timer to help control water reservoir temperatures sometimes having that
water pump on for 15 minutes is not necessary and sometimes just having the pump come on for a
minute just to wet the roots and then turn off for 10 minutes then turn back on for a minute might
actually end up being the ideal recommendations for aeroponic cloners because that will help
reduce the amount of time that the water pump is on adding heat to the water reservoir before i
set the timer i'm also going to get into a couple other recommendations for the ideal time to run
your lights for max savings on your power bill a lot of places around the united states have a
peak hours and so if you're running your lights during the day more often that electricity bill
will be higher so just by finding the ideal range where your ac is going to be running as little as
possible your dehumidifier will be running as little possible your water pumps your fans and
etc a lot of these things run automatically based upon environmental controllers or timers we put
into our row room so if we are not running our lights during the hottest time of the day our ac
will not be running as much and our dehumidifiers won't be running as much because our plants
aren't transpiring as much so by finding the ideal time to run these lights during the day
and night for maximum efficiency around the plant growth as well as around your savings bills and
the efficiencies around these machines i would recommend a 6 p.m 6 a.m flowering cycle or time
schedule or a 8 p.m 8 a.m you definitely want to check when your peak schedule is
for your local area the for veg i would recommend a 5 p.m to 11 a.m schedule obviously these things
are going to adjust based upon your work schedule because definitely you're gonna need to find time
to fit this in around family time work and other lifestyle demands okay so let's go ahead and get
to setting your timer so for me i'm going to go ahead and set it up for 6 p.m 6 a.m so first thing
i'm going to be doing a lot of these timers will have a daytime nighttime schedule so as you can
see right here this is representing the day and this is representing the night so what i'm going
to do is i'm going to set it for 6 p.m and i'm going to drop all these down right here and so
what i'm going to want to do is i'm going to want to have the lights turn on at 6 00 pm
so i just would push all these down right here
and so i'm going to make sure that my timer is pushed down
so it's active and what i'm going to do is as the day and the night comes around
it turns on the light right here so it now it's night time the lights are on
because the lights act as an heater and they help create an even growing environment throughout the
day and the night for the plants more consistency means more yield so it comes all the way through
and then 6 a.m is coming around light turns off so second setting so it was 18 hours on six off
so if you were in veg and you were 18 hours on six off i'm gonna want the lights to turn on at 5 pm
so i just come down to the 5
watch the line in the back it's 5 pm now timer is engaged for active and the light turned on
then i want it to be for 18 so i'm going to be wanting it to turn off at 11.
and so now it's in 18 hours on six hours off schedule
and now it's off okay so a lot of people if you do not have a digital timer for your aeroponic cloner
what i would probably recommend is one on two off one on two off one on two off and pay attention to
your pants and make sure they're not drooping as well so so the water pump would turn on for
15 minutes then turn off for about 30 minutes turn back on for 15 minutes turn off for 30
minutes allowing the water to gradually cool back down like i recommend in the beginning of
the video i would probably recommend a digital timer over analog for aeroponic cloning i hope
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