My darkroom timer quit mid-print and I found a workaround

I was in my basement last Saturday trying to print a 16x20 from a roll I shot in Acadia. The old GraLab timer clicked off at 8 seconds into my exposure and just sat there dead. I grabbed my phone, opened a stopwatch app, and finished the burn-in by counting out loud while my wife yelled the seconds from the doorway. The print came out fine, but has anyone else had a mechanical timer just give up like that?

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thea6926d ago

Did you check if the battery compartment was corroded?

james_ross6d ago

Three AA batteries and a lot of swearing later, I can confirm mine looked like a science experiment gone wrong. Guess I earned that "dumb guy" badge today.