How to setup a Mechanical Timer

[@jamiehold4864]

Doing gods work with this video… my mother and I could not figure out for the life of us why they wouldn’t push down 😅 cause they already were!! 😂😂😂😂

[@nancycarpenter8995]

My time has minimal instructions. Zero mention of the tabs. I NEVER would have figured it out without your video. Thank you!

[@dzzedge]

Thank you SO much. I pull out my holiday lights once a year, and every year, I forget how to set my Defiant Outdoor Plug-In Mechanical Timer. Excellent instructions.

[@Himmel6811]

Thank you!!! This is a clear example we live in the greatest time. No one can afford to be an idiot when we have such a resource as KZbin and most of all people like you that make these kind of videos. In this case I was a knucklehead and thankfully was resourceful enough to look for aid. Carry on good sir!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Love this, I created the video because these timers really don’t look easy to program. They look a lot more complicated than they actually are.

[@bdaly03]

😆"No one can afford to be an idiot" - I haven't heard that phrase before and it is cracking me up! There must be a way to buy currency paper nowadays and tons of people printing their own money at home then, because the stores and roads are chock FULL of idiots it seems 😉I guess I shouldn't be pointing fingers though, considering that I had to come to KZbin and watch this video to learn how to correctly program my outlet timer because I couldn't figure it out for the life of me despite trying at least a dozen times since I bought it less than 24 hours ago... 😅🤣

[@lucymarion2945]

Hahaha...I laughed so hard at this comment. I haven't bought the timer yet...because I'm one of those biggest knuckleheads...and being one of the biggest idiots in the planet....I was afraid I wouldn't be able to set it...I just couldn't afford to mess it up for my chicken coop!!!..lol🤣🤣

[@1valvaldez]

You saved me from massive confusion! No instructions with my timer about the tabs. BLESS YOU!

[@yvonnesaladino110]

Sometimes it’s the simplest things that stump me! Thanks ever so much for taking the time to do this timer instruction, and doing it in a clear, straight forward way 🙂

[@valchris11]

After 2 yrs, this is the best video. Thank You.

[@ylpea5170]

Thank you, I was going nuts thanks to my timer's instructions not mentioning the tabs after all!

[@kristenschnese6980]

Oh wow we just bought one of these mo directions in the box we did it completely backwards 😂 this helps immensely!

[@VaderBom]

You saved Christmas thank you

[@modhs]

Thank you! Helped me setting up my timer for my holiday lights in 2023!

[@bvo3766]

Thank you this was so easy to follow the other videos were very confusing 😕

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bdaly03]

Totally agree!

[@jannetsmall-francis1656]

Thaaank you for making this short n simple 👍🏾👍🏾

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@francita0076]

Sir! You are the MVP!! I was so confused and thought the times was broke

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Thank you. So glad it helped you!

[@nataliedallimore3218]

Thank you so very much! These are so confusing and you helped greatly and you're so clear in your instruction! Thank you! Thank you again!

[@ajirish5127]

Thank you for this video. I purchased a house and the previous owners left us their outside lights and this timer. Since I didn't have the manual I had no idea how to set this timer. It's the exact GE timer you are covering. Thank you for this video so even a dummy like me can understand it.

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it helped! That’s great it was the exact one!

[@jacquip644]

You know, I'm an intelligent woman but things like this make me nuts. THANK YOU for this tutorial!!

[@sunnysolly2149]

Thank you so much. You helped me a lot.

[@captnjaygreybeard6394]

I have to watch one of these videos every year to get my Xmas lights to work right 😅

[@laurajablonsky5216]

I cannot thank u enough! Once i saw the video i was able to set my timer right away! Before that I could not figure it out! You’re awesome!

[@jerrylahnala5585]

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[@gurwinderdhindsa6613]

Very clear and to the point instructions.Thanks

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Thank you :)

[@rebeccamiller1830]

Thank you!! I read the instructions that came with it. What pins?? What is the off position!?? KZbin to the rescue.

[@KeepinHomeUp]

I"m glad this helped!

[@bdaly03]

I'm cracking up because when I read your comment it was almost verbatim to my reaction when I opened up mine yesterday and read the "directions"... might as well have just given us a recipe for a gluten free bowl of gluten, that may have been easier to understand...

[@jillelainejones]

Thank you! I needed this

[@Eagle-lm7gp]

You explained exactly what I needed. THANK YOU 😊

[@nickythebull82]

Ty first time using a timer very helpful

[@christopherspavins9250]

Greatly appreciated. Merry Christmas.

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it helped, Merry Christmas to you as well.

[@jeffhumphries2453]

Simple concept. I was overthinking it. Thanks.

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jarvistrimble1115]

Hi, your video was good, but I was a little confused when you said that it was 3 and you proceeded to set it for 3am in the morning, was that correct??? It was just odd that you were setting a timer at 3 in the morning. Thanks,

[@bonsaidouglas9180]

Thank you. The directions it came with are sorely inadequate. 🍀

[@barrettturner1162]

This video was easy to understand. Thank you.

[@erikawashington6916]

Thanks so much! This helped even though I have a Phillips brand. I almost broke the darn thing because the instructions on the manual were trash!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it helped!

[@WestCoastSwingOnline]

Awesome video man. Thank you!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

No problem!

[@suzetteccc]

Thank you. I was pushing down like an idiot when I started setting the time. Thankfully you told us that it was all set downward in the package!!

[@dlocke5557]

Thank you! Helped me figure it out!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it helped!

[@jj-ve9wy]

Thanks for sharing

[@edwardcuevas5667]

U make sense some video i just didn't understand what they were saying thanks for your time ⌚

[@juliechita8958]

Very helpful!!

[@GlynnKegley]

great video. instructions that came with the darned thing (Magnavox 32972-M 2 outlet timer) don't say ANYTHING about pulling up tabs. And when I typed in the model number for the manual I got a 138 page PDF for a TV.

[@carlosgarcia-po1zr]

Thank you sir

[@viviennecarr7444]

Thank you. Great instructive video.

[@KeepinHomeUp]

You are welcome! Thanks for the nice comment.

[@dannac_8888]

My new $5 on clearance at Michael's Ashland Shimmer Lights timer gave step-by-step instructions that didn't say anything about the tabs. Thank you so much and have a great holiday season!🎄

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it helped!

[@MFH916]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@carinel.1333]

Thanks for the christmas lights example, it helped me 💫

[@nohea44]

Thanks! This was way better than the super crappy instructions I got with mine!

[@steveo13757]

Thanks!

[@gailcampbell4437]

Wonderful help- thanks!

[@krystekmatysek2042]

Myyyy guy!!! Thank you

[@albertmosabad386]

Sweet and simple thank you sir 🙏🤝

[@KeepinHomeUp]

No problem, glad it helped!

[@RavenLHyde]

Great explanation....thank you

[@KeepinHomeUp]

You are welcome!

[@B_MooreEl]

Great video thanks

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Thank you for the kind comment. I hope it helped you out.

[@giovybez8061]

Thank you! I purchased a timer and was desperately trying to push the pins down not realizing that they were all pushed down already.

[@cesar_serrano85]

me too 😂

[@JRPLawyeress1]

Huge help. Thanks.

[@marilynsimmonds1352]

Well done so simple

[@lindalee5480]

I got it ! Thank you!

[@SamzRodri]

Thank you! So many vids have the dark and light split at 12 but mine is split at the 6 like yours. I could not wrap my head around it

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad it helped!

[@bdaly03]

Oh good, I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one, I don't feel so alone LMAO 🤣 I definitely thought I was the only one that couldn't get it to work and was getting hemmed up about the time being split at 6 instead of 12 like in the other videos 🤣

[@dana102083]

​@bdaly03 honestly I don't get why it would be split at 12 and 12... the sun goes down in the evening and depending where you live, earlier or later so makes sense to be sunrise around 6am and set at 6pm. But my basis is also I've never seen one with 12..where do you live? I'm in canada. Cheers

[@BeingAMomAndBeyond]

@@dana102083mine is 6/6 but I’m willing to bet she’s in the US bc most of the ones here are 12/12. We like to make things that are eayy difficult here, apparently. 😂 I’ve never felt as dumb as I did trying to set this timer. 🥴

[@davestorie941]

Pitcher?

[@temi4116]

Watched one timer video before this one. It was good also. I think close up video on the pins/ indicators with the person demonstrating their operation by pushing them up and down would be helpful. Just trying to locate them was a challenge. And I didn't get a picture of them in my mind when I heard the words pins nor indicators so I didn't know what I was looking for. Whatever a demonstrator opts to call them, I recommend a close up view of them AND the demonstrator showing a close up of their being moved. Nice video and presentation done.

[@rrj411]

Thank you so much!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

You're welcome!

[@roberth9188]

Nice and simple- you should do a video showing how to work in 6.4 liter super duty, just saying

[@dogsareawesome9197]

Thanks! Recently i got a timer for my lava lamp, because i dont want it to run too long, and at first i had no idea how it works. But, after this, it should be great!

[@ronbutterworth]

Most appreciated...

[@KeepinHomeUp]

My pleasure

[@ShakemanCamaro]

Thank god there are people like you making videos for stupid people like me. Thanks!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

lol, i'm glad it helped! My thought was this "I'm going to do a video on this because these little timers seem complicated!". So you are not alone I felt the same way when I first got it.

[@bdaly03]

@@KeepinHomeUp Your videos are GREAT! I definitely appreciate the fact that you get down to the topic/task at hand right away without making us sit through 17 minutes of nonsense before getting down to business. To me, that truly shows that you make these videos out of your genuine desire to help others, not to make a video that is a certain length and number of views just so you can make money off of it. Thank you so much for your informative, approachable, and relatable videos!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

@@bdaly03 Thank you so much, that's so nice off you!

[@bdaly03]

@@KeepinHomeUp Nono, thank YOU!

[@thekimter]

Thank you!!

[@KeepinHomeUp]

no problem, glad it helped!

[@Casey_Sears]

Thank you so much this was a life saver! Im going on vacation and i have timers for my lizards lights to turn on and off on their own and had no idea how to work the timer

[@KeepinHomeUp]

You're very welcome! These times come in handy for vacations!

[@christopherbonanno1120]

Good video. Directions sucked in the package. Thank you my good sir

[@KeepinHomeUp]

I hear ya, the directions that come with these are not great. Plus I'm more of a visual guy and I figured there are a lot more people out there like me who could use this video.

[@jesuszuniga1257]

Hey one quick question I follow your instructions but my lights didn't turn off at 11pm. Want to program lights from 6pm to 11pm

[@bdaly03]

Does it stay on until you shut it off or does it eventually turn itself off but not at 11pm like you wanted?

[@pete9688]

👍🏼

[@mariettamunoz9319]

Jamas hubiera sabido que tenia que subir esos botones ,gracias gracias gracias en un segundo con su ayuda pude instalar mi timer 🥰😍😘👍🙏🤙

[@Weareone34567]

Thank you

[@KeepinHomeUp]

No problem😀

[@williamshurtz6385]

thank you soo much

[@terridaly6188]

do the timers run counter clock wise

[@KeepinHomeUp]

I think it runs clockwise.

[@Came42]

Can you set it and forget it ? Or do you gotta mess with it every day??

[@KeepinHomeUp]

You can set it and forget it, but if you unplug it the current time will fall behind and you'll have to adjust it again.

[@tamilahey1751]

thanks

[@DVC050311]

Thank you so much!! I clicked on the barcode on the package and it didn’t explain Jack 💩.

[@KeepinHomeUp]

😂 it’s true, they don’t make it easy.

[@TheJoshbuddy]

Bruh.... thank you...

[@williamshurtz6385]

loved it

[@cynthiaadean9653]

excellent!! helped this 75 year old woman directions were not clearly written

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Glad I could help!

[@marangelyhernandez994]

Mine doesn't have the symbols

[@Cimino1919]

But the 6 pm is in the white! I am so stupid I still don't get it LOL

[@PennySkenandore]

Thank you. Of course my daughter took the stake out of the box and threw everything away.

[@KeepinHomeUp]

Oh no!! You’re welcome, good luck

[@BeingAMomAndBeyond]

Thank you. This thing had me questioning how I survived grad school because I was convinced I was an idiot. 😂 you, sir, saved my life today. 🫡

[@deeo8530]

I second this!! I almost pulled all my hair out.

[@deandredickerson6884]

Thank you so much! You really helped me a lot. My wife was concerned why I couldn’t figure this out. I thankful😊

[@Rubyleon73]

Thank you

[@jamiehold4864]

No forreal was struggling cause I couldn’t get them to push down whole time they were all already pushed down 😂

[@Darthvader-l9h]

Ok ok ok now everyone owners of companies abroad United States outer space and beyond what's the deal NO REALLY.... what's the deal here?🤔 answers anybody DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ANSWER AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫? WELL 😳 Clearly this timer as with alllllllllll the other analog timers needs to have the little letters "AM" 🙌 and "PM" 🙌 under every single each and every one of the numbers that corresponds with am or pm. DOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOT PUUUUUUUT JUST A PICTURE OF A STUPID SUN AND A STUPID MOON. You need to also put pm or am under each of the numbers and get this here's the kicker for everyone's azz..... 🫣 there's even a little space right under each number to put the "am" or "pm" 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 💨👂😐👂💨(🥴)

[@xiaobao4757]

Thank you!

[@mannyfaces3631]

Thank you

[@KeepinHomeUp]

You're welcome

[@mariabarbieri-nz8uq]

Thanks you

[@kboogie2323]

Thank you