weird question but do digital timers tick?

[unwashed potato!]

im in need of a timer switch that doesn't tick as it will be right next to my head at night. i have tried the normal ones and they are far too loud so thinking of trying a digital but wondering if anyone can confirm if they are infact digital and don't tick, or perhaps the settings are just digital but still have a ticking timer inside them?

thanks

 

[Tom0]

I've never seen one , I'd imagine its a synthetic tick, is it an old clock?

 

[PhillyDee]

Digital Timer for what? I have a digital cooking timer, and it doesnt tick, My central heating ione is digital, and that doesnt tick either.

 

[Moredhel]

Depends on what they use to tell the time, if it's something like a vibration of a crystal (quartz for instance) then there's no real reason for it to tick.

 

[unwashed potato!]

Digital Timer for what? I have a digital cooking timer, and it doesnt tick, My central heating ione is digital, and that doesnt tick either.

ah sorry forgot to say, i meant digital mains socket timers, ie. http://www.amazon.co.uk/pack-Digita..._sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202725808&sr=8-1

as they are so large i feel like there is going to be a massive ticker hiding inside. Am i likely to be right?

 

[Adam_151]

as they are so large i feel like there is going to be a massive ticker hiding inside. Am i likely to be right?

No they don't tick, but do expect to hear the contactor pulling in and dropping out

 

[unwashed potato!]

No they don't tick, but do expect to hear the contactor pulling in and dropping out

ok thats great, thanks

 

[yozzer2001]

awaits post "Any one got a mp3 of a bomb ticking noise ,cause these digital timers ain't what they used to be "