Time Switches provide scheduled ON/OFF control for lighting, HVAC, signage and process loads. This category covers digital time switches (weekly/yearly/astro) and mechanical time switches (tappet-controlled) for DIN rail, panel or surface mounting. We stock GIC digital models and both digital and mechanical variants from Hugo Muller.
🔧 Technical Highlights:
- Types: digital (weekly/yearly/astro), mechanical (24 h / 7 day tappet)
- Mounting: DIN rail (EN 60715), panel mount and surface-mount housings
- Channels: 1-channel and 2-channel outputs with independent programs
- Programming: weekly programs, holiday/override, pulse and cyclic outputs; astro (sunrise/sunset) with latitude/longitude on selected digital models
- Backup: battery or supercap power reserve to retain programs during outages (digital)
- Supply options: typical 230 V AC or 24 V AC/DC (model dependent)
- Outputs: volt-free relay contacts (typ. 16 A resistive); some models offer changeover contacts
- User interface: LCD with keypad (digital) or manual tappets/segments with clutch (mechanical)
- Compliance: CE and RoHS on mainstream ranges
✅ Benefits:
- Automates routine switching to cut energy use and runtime
- Digital astro function adapts to seasonal sunrise/sunset automatically
- Mechanical tappet timers offer simple, tool-free adjustment
- Program retention across power losses on backed-up digital units
- Wide-format options for retrofit in existing control panels
🚀 Applications:
- Exterior and street lighting, signage and displays
- Ventilation, heating and air conditioning schedules
- Pumps, dosing and general process loads
- School, retail and public-building open/close routines
- Industrial control panels and OEM machinery where repeatable schedules are required
Accurate scheduling with digital or mechanical control helps engineers standardise operation, reduce energy consumption and simplify maintenance.