This timer comes with a remote, which allows you to turn these lights on and off as well as select the number of hours the lights will be active - FROM INSIDE THE WINTER HOME.
USAGE: Plug Christms lights on apartment porch into timer, into electric box.
Now, from inside SEALED for the Winter and warm apartment or home, you can turn the lights on or off, control the number of hours they will go on and stay on automatically. Perect for direct hands-off operation for our three months of cold winter in North Dakota.