kyburg | Also, filed under "random electronic fuckery"

The timer for the porch lights has died - or lost it's tiny little mind. I have an identical one for the Christmas lights (yes, I do, blame my electrician. I asked for an outdoor outlet, he put that and a timer on it in for me. Programmable from the inside. Yo, he is mighty. And a retired nth degree black belt. Don't mess). It's fine.

This one has an error message that made me call the company this morning. I also have no porch lights right now - thingie is dead dead dead.

Uh, the new DST parameters are screwing with the product and they're sending out a replacement - no charge. No, there is no recovery. And I can't use the energy saving bulbs with it.

I'm calling Cedric this morning and advising him - likely, he'll have to come out and install it - but one, I don't recall this unit having a radio connection to set the clock or determine DST and two, there's likely some resistance thingie Cedric will have to explain to me, but how the eff would it know I wasn't using plain incandescent bulbs in the fixtures and why would it matter?

*hurrr*

A new unit is fine with me. One I have don't work - but the reasons just make my head hurt. Okay?