Daily On/Off circuit?

Thanks for all the subsequent suggestions.

PICs/microcontrollers/FPGA solutions are non-starters, as I'm not into programming.

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Phil: I was thinking along broadly similar lines, as I said in my post. But avoiding that over-complex logic by accepting less precision and simply adjusting the clock frequency to get close to 24 hours.

And also using a longer counter, such as the 4536 I mentioned. (I've ordered a couple from ebay.)

Or alternatively I've now found the CSS555C micro-power version of the

However, so far the only source I've found is in USA, at $2.49 each, but with absurd postage charge to UK.

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Jasen: Will follow-up on LM8560 thanks, sounds good. That might give me the flexibility I described, perhaps eliminating the LDR altogether.

The Garden Lamps circuit gets its power from nearby 13.3V DC output of a variable power supply I made about 30 years ago. No batteries required!

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Grin, right... I did pretty much the same but 3-4 years later in life.

And then going back to college totally worked..

So I guess I should just pencil in some year off.. to 'get thee s*it together'.. Unlike my daughter, who in her 2nd year of college looks to be fully launched. (of course crash and burn is always a possibility.)

George H.