Abstract: An improved oil well pump timer including means for detecting periods of power outage and providing a pumping period following the outage of sufficient length to maintain an essentially constant duty cycle. Clock controlled timers determine preselected on and off cycle periods. Power failure detecting circuitry inhibits on timer operation and counts the number of off time cycles occurring during the outage. Upon reestablishment of power, control circuitry inhibits the off timer and provides a number of on time cycles equal to the number of off cycles during the outage.