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Title: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by CWatters on Nov 29^th, 2015, 8:09pm

Are there any low cost programmable time clocks that sync to the "Rugby" radio clock?

It seems very hard to find the right terms to google. Late last night I found some DIN rail mounted timers/relays that did this but as I remember they were like £200 and I forgot to bookmark anyway.

By contrast I found a plug in timer on a german site (for their equivalent radio) that was nearer 30 euro.

Title: Re: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by Lectrician on Nov 29^th, 2015, 9:12pm

You want a DCF time switch. I've never known them be cheap :(

Title: Re: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by CWatters on Nov 30^th, 2015, 12:34pm

Thanks. At least that gets me some hits.

Just for info this is the German plug in timer I found..

http://www.amazon.de/Theben-0200300-THEBEN-ELTIMO-020-DCF/dp/B0018LL0XQ

Title: Re: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by wozzy on Nov 30^th, 2015, 8:37pm

had to do a bit of googling to find out what this was all about, not sure if its of any use but once used a sangamo (spelling) sunseeker or something that wanted to know its latitude and longitude would that have been doing a similar thing? As mentioned from memory it wasnt cheap.

Title: Re: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by CWatters on Dec 4^th, 2015, 11:35pm

One of the main reasons I was looking for a radio linked timer was to get automatic daylight saving time. I've discovered you can get this on some non-radio linked timers and have got one of these on order...

http://www.timeguard.com/products/time/immersion-and-general-purpose-timeswitches/ntt04-24-hour-7-day-compact-electronic-general-purpose-timeswitch-with-voltage-free-contacts

Title: Re: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by Lectrician on Dec 5^th, 2015, 1:25pm

:)

I assumed it was for a fit and forget type thing. The automatic summer/winter are quite popular, but of course, will not update if summer/winter shcedules are changed, which they keep talking about.

Title: Re: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by Natedog on Dec 14^th, 2015, 1:29am

Can't see them ever actually changing it though. They've been talking about it for as long as I can remember, certainly since the 80s

Title: Re: Time clock linked to MSF/"Rugby"
Post by fife spark on Dec 19^th, 2015, 5:56pm

The sangamo timer needs to know the latitude and longitude for dawn to dusk timing as its at different times depending where you are.