Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Day light alarm part followup

So last year I made this post http://www.lifeafter28.com/2021/11/day-light-alarm-but-cheaper.html 

Which was about my attempt to make a cheap daylight alarm. 

Good news is it works super well! The wall timer gives a few more options for turning the light on & off.

The bad news is that I wake up before the 'click' of the timer so then a jump every time it actually turns on.

Because I am using the manual kind, I do not know if the digital version gives an option for a weekend setting.I just turn it off on Friday night and turn it on again Sunday so that it is ready on Monday.Or I just deal with it waking me up on the weekends also.

So it isn't perfect but it is cheaper then the true market made daylight alarm clocks.

Monday, November 15, 2021

Day Light Alarm but Cheaper

Day Light Alarm but Cheaper

So some time last year I accidentally murdered my daylight alarm clock.

I had bumped it and it fell off my nightstand for a second time and that was enough for it to go off it's gears with the alarm function. The alarm would not only go off when ever it wanted but would do a random sound and random duration's of light. It was like my own little nature rave.

Seeing as it’s now late enough in fall that the sun is drastically different... I really needed a new one. Or so I thought.

I didn’t want to put out $$ for a delicate flower of an alarm clock. This time I got LED light bulbs for Day Light and a plugin timer. I already had an old book lamp from the late 80′s so I was set on that from.

I opted not to have it shine directly in my face and instead have it pointing at the wall were the sun normally rises from.

So far it has been super effective.

I already have my normal alarms on my phone but just having this light turn on before them is so helpful. 

This is the GE 24-Hour Heavy Duty Indoor Plug-in Mechanical Timer 2 Pack that I got https://amzn.to/3GJCn8B

And this is the Regal LED A19 Light Bulb 5000K Daylight 5 Pack that I got https://amzn.to/3q2tUHC 

I got more then just a single of each because I actually needed more timers and the light bulbs were more cost efficient as a 5 pack. I plan to use them in other lamps also. So no wasted funds.

Hope this helps!

Links are amazon associate links.