I run a 240 VAC 1/2 hp compressor on a simple 24 hour 240 VAC timer from Amazon. I am on the third timer in 17 years. The last time I bought one it was about $30.

I use a cheap 120 VAC 24 hour timer to run a 22 cfm cooling fan for the system (starting it an hour or so before the compressor every day). I'm not sure it's ever gone bad.


"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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