| | |  | Timers | Home » » » Coralife 01692 Digital Power Center | | | | | | | Description: | | The Coralife Digital Power Center features a digital LCD display and a seven time cycle setting alternating timer for creating a variety of day / night scenarios. The Digital Power Center includes a total of 8 outlets with two outlets dedicated to daytime, two outlets dedicated to nighttime, and four constant power outlets. | | | Features: | |
• Up to seven time cycles per day, seven days per week
• Grounded 3 prong plug with 3 foot power cord
• Sliding outlet safety covers protect outlets not in use
• UL listed
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 12.2 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 13.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 27 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Works but battery-saving feature is glitchyJan 15, 2010
By AG
This has an internal battery to keep the settings when the power goes out but that doesn't work too well so I plugged it into a battery back up and since then I have had no problems with it. I like this one better than the dial ones because there is no dial to hear clicking around.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Great for what it does, however...Mar 05, 2008
By Brent S. Boswell
Setup of the unit is fairly easy. If you have set a digital clock then this should be a breeze. My only concern is after returning the first unit which I thought to be defective I discovered that you 1 should let the unit cycle without having your timed items plugged in to let the internal clock sync with the digital clock. Example if you purchased the unit and set it up in the evening before you wanted the lights off telling it to turn on at say 8:00am and off in the evening at say 8:00. The internal clock will still be turned off even though you told it to turn on during this time. The next day at 8:00am the unit will turn on the lights, and will operate normally.
My other problem with this unit is on both units if the main power switch is on when you plug in or unplug items, such as power heads or the like, the sudden pull will short the clock out and reset all of your settings and the time as well. So if you needed to unplug a power head filter for some reason you will need to turn off the main switch to do so. Otherwise you will loose all of your settings.
Other than these two complaints the unit works fairly well and for me at least is worth the hassle to have such a compact unit.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Digital Timer is BuggyMar 01, 2010
By IMQTPI
"Nancy"
I agree with an earlier post about the Battery Back-up being buggy. I bought one in late-Dec (it's now March 1) and it seems to just "lose" it's program for no apparent reason. The first time was while I was on vacation and all of my corals were left in the dark for several days (with one fatality). It's happened 2 or 3 times since then. We've not had any power-outages AND I've replaced the batteries in the unit - just to play it safe. It still loses it's program arbitrarily. Kind of defeats the purpose of having an automatic light-timer!
I've emailed the manufacturer - but no response :-(
Now I'm looking for a manual/dial-type of timer that (hopefully) I can rely on! I think I'll stay away from Coralife though.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Great product for the money.Oct 19, 2007
By J. Beattie
All-in-all a wonderful unit and easy to program. Two pairs of outlets connected to separate timers and four continuously powered outlets. I use one daytime plug for my metal halide bulb and the other for a circulation powerhead. The nighttime plugs are set up for my moonlight LEDs and another, lower-flow powerhead. You can use the remaining four outlets for normal maintenance equipment(i.e. chiller unit, heater, air pump, UV filter, etc).
The only negative aspect of this unit (as well as many others) is the plug spacing when using transformer plugs (LEDs). I would have gladly given up a bit of space in my cabinet for two timed outlets spaced farther apart.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Day is night, and night is day...Apr 28, 2008
By M. Whitehouse
"Bat Lover"
The clock is easy to set, and the cycle on/off times are easy to set, but the outlet colors (yellow for day, blue for night) were reversed on my unit causing no little amount of frustration. Also, if one set of outlets (the two yellow outlets, for example) are on, the other two are off. So having both day and night outlets off (or on) at the same time is impossible. Fairly useful, but still a bit annoying and a bit overpriced.
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