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Billy, For all the same reasons Burger mentioned plus: - Turn feeder off during weather events (windy, snow, etc.) - Turn feeder off when friends, family or clients are fishing. - Turn feeder off to manually feed fish. (Family and friends may want to hand feed fish and watch the water boil!) I hope aquapro (stren) is also monitoring this thread. Ed
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One lame reason: Turn feeder off when you are out of fish feed.
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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Wow, the digital timer (or lack thereof) is the only thing that disappointed me about those feeders. I am certainly ordering the upgrade.
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Billy, it sounds like a darn good idea. I realize that they aren't too hard to restart but it sounds like a good convenience.
For those of who don't live on the land, turning one off when it runs out of feed would be a great idea.
Editing here. I think both would extend battery life. It would sorta be like turning off the light when you leave the room but leave the clock ticking away.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Burger, I have a tendency to be a thread killer for some reason. LOL
Thanks for the input. I'm going to run this by our timer folks and see what the negatives could be. Product development is always a touchy thing but we sure like to think outside the box around here.
Billy Klemstein
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No problem, Billy. More on the switch for the Native Outdoors system. You can use a single pole switch to just break 1 side of the battery, but, I personally, will use a DPDT switch with center 'off' position. That way I can leave the photo board in as an option to switch to if the programmable one fails, or if I want to go back to short dawn/dusk feeding without opening the unit up. I will just switch to the photo board motor output. I also glued the back plate mounting bolts in place and replaced the hex 1/4-20 nuts with stainless wing nuts. just FYI
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I'm posting in this oldie because I'm going to recommend a few feeders for Mr. H's 7 acre pond.
I believe he would be more likely to go for a less expensive model which was less convenient than a higher priced machine.
I checked out Meadowlark's link, but couldn't tell if the same feeder was still there. It sounded like the best deal.
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Does anyone know where you can buy one of these feeders anymore? I can't seem to find them for sale any longer. I really like them and would like to purchase more.
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I'm under the impression that they don't make them anymore, but if someone knows where they are I'd take at least five of them.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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I don't anything about these feeders other than I did a search for a low cost feeder. I thought I would post it in case someone was interested in checking them out. SpinPro Wildlife Feeders
I wish I had the tenacity of GSF!
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I wonder why they quit making them? Those were nice little feeders. I wanted to get one for my grow out pond. Bruce, if you ever have one that goes down and you can't fix it. Hollar at me. I need the back panel for one of mine that still works but I dropped the back panel in the pond.
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