Multiple scenes vs Single scene with delays

Developer's Corner Scene Scripting
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I have squirrel problems in my garden and they have been eating the fruits and vegetables we grow. I setup an electric fence over the weekend and I’ve connected the fence energizer to a GE outdoor module. I want to turn the energizer ON at 8am and turn it OFF at 6pm. I know we can achieve this either by creating 2 scenes (one to turn ON at 8am and another to turn OFF at 6pm) or by creating a single scene that starts at 8am and stops after 10 hour delay. I don’t know what is the recommended way.

How does single scene get executed internally? Does the scene execute the ON command first and sleeps for 10 hours and then when the sleep period is over it executes the OFF command? Or does it internally create 2 cron-like tasks, one to turn ON and another to turn off after the 8 hour delay.

If the former is true and if I restart vera during the sleep period, will the OFF command get executed after restart?

Thanks

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Use TWO scenes.
The problem with delays is that if Vera Reboots it will not run the “delayed” part of the scene.

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[quote=“RichardTSchaefer, post:2, topic:172736”]Use TWO scenes.
The problem with delays is that if Vera Reboots it will not run the “delayed” part of the scene.[/quote]

Thanks, that’s what I thought.

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Agree. Two scenes. Schedule only.