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feedbag · 22nd January 2008, 11:08 AM

On very cold mornings the start/stop blue button and the up arrow for zeroing the wall timer do not work until temperatures in the room rise, usually from 58 to 68 degrees. I suspect the contacts need cleaning? What is recommended for cleaning these contact points. The affected timers are my oldest (7-8 yrs old) Newer wall timers work fine on cold mornings.

Din · 22nd January 2008, 11:37 AM

Q-tip and rubbing alcohol.

feedbag · 30th January 2008, 11:38 PM

Tried the alcohol and q-tips with a thorough cleaning and the response is still slow when buttons are pushed. If there is no other maintenance activity I should be doing, I guess replacing this 7-8 yr old wall timer is the next step. Anybody know the avg life span of a 3A TMax wall timer?

Brian Oshman · 31st January 2008, 11:48 PM

Don't clean the pads with anything.

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Anybody know the avg life span of a 3A TMax wall timer?

When it dies.

northtanman · 1st February 2008, 12:04 AM

Ever think of raising the temp? can you get people to tan when its 58 degrees in there? i keep it 70 degrees 24/7.

feedbag · 29th March 2008, 10:39 AM

update. For some strange reason, 2 days after I cleaned the contacts with alcohol the blue start/stop button worked fine, even at cold temperatures, and has continued to work fine. I run each bed for 2-5 minutes in the morning to warm the bed up and help warm the salon up to 70 degrees by the time the first customer walks in.

22nd January 2008, 11:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
feedbag Rookie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: colorado Posts: 12	cleaning contacts on wall timers On very cold mornings the start/stop blue button and the up arrow for zeroing the wall timer do not work until temperatures in the room rise, usually from 58 to 68 degrees. I suspect the contacts need cleaning? What is recommended for cleaning these contact points. The affected timers are my oldest (7-8 yrs old) Newer wall timers work fine on cold mornings.

22nd January 2008, 11:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Din Smartass Canuck Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,871	Re: cleaning contacts on wall timers Q-tip and rubbing alcohol. __________________ www.ChronosMarketing.com ____________________________________________ The problem nowadays is stupidity. Why don't we just take the safety labels off everything and see what happens?

30th January 2008, 11:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
feedbag Rookie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: colorado Posts: 12	Re: cleaning contacts on wall timers Tried the alcohol and q-tips with a thorough cleaning and the response is still slow when buttons are pushed. If there is no other maintenance activity I should be doing, I guess replacing this 7-8 yr old wall timer is the next step. Anybody know the avg life span of a 3A TMax wall timer? Last edited by feedbag : 31st January 2008 at 09:12 AM.

1st February 2008, 12:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
northtanman Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 1,165	Re: cleaning contacts on wall timers Ever think of raising the temp? can you get people to tan when its 58 degrees in there? i keep it 70 degrees 24/7.

29th March 2008, 10:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
feedbag Rookie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: colorado Posts: 12	Re: cleaning contacts on wall timers update. For some strange reason, 2 days after I cleaned the contacts with alcohol the blue start/stop button worked fine, even at cold temperatures, and has continued to work fine. I run each bed for 2-5 minutes in the morning to warm the bed up and help warm the salon up to 70 degrees by the time the first customer walks in.

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