some help with a safer timer please?

[YwouldntI]

right now i have a rotary timer im going to my shop this weekend and want to buy a digital timers for my 2 1000wt lights whats the best timers to buy?im wired up at 100 amps so i want a good timer thanks fam. peace

these are what i have now on a 1000 and a 600 but i want good digital timers

 

[DB2004]

If you want digitals, go with AUBE or PARAGON.....JMHO

Best Regards

DB

 

[thegrowshop]

You have many diffirent ones i don't know where you come from but Multifan has great timers same as Legrand

 

[Guest]

right now i have a rotary timer im going to my shop this weekend and want to buy a digital timers for my 2 1000wt lights whats the best timers to buy?im wired up at 100 amps

I ran 4800 watts of lights on $40 water heater mechanical timers and loved em, very reliable. Looking forward to seeing some good, inexpensive digital timers as I wouldn't trade my mechanicals for anything else...maybe.

 

[Guest]

You're fixing to replace 40A mechanicals with electronic digitals?Not a good idea IMO.

 

[Blunt_69]

You're fixing to replace 40A mechanicals with electronic digitals?Not a good idea IMO.

Yeah Your setup good now, no need for digitals.

 

[Budweiser13]

If your gonna go digi you want to use a contactor. Have the Digi turn the contactor on and off but yeah you are set with what you have why change. Also I have heard you can use Solid state relay I just done know what type are good maybe DB know's...

 

[Guest]

There isn't a thing wrong with the set up you have, save your money sonny!!!!!!!!

 

[YwouldntI]

thankyou everyone! not only did you save my money but now i can be sure i am setup properly i just read all this talk about rotary timers bla bla bla i been using these timers for a few years i like'm alot. i was reading another thread that said rotary timers werent safe but they must have the cheapo timers that cant handle their load i guess thanks fam.peace

 

[Guest]

i was reading another thread that said rotary timers werent safe

I think that was bad info if they presented it that way or you might have interpreted it that way. I've never seen any mechanical timer fail and I'm talking about hardware store light timers with the pegs to adjust on/off times (both grounded and not), 15 minute increment mechanical timers and 240 VAC heavy duty water heater type timers. Only time I use a mechanical timer is when I need short cycle times such as the tray I run my rooted clones in. I feed 5 minutes every other day when they just get going. Only problem I've ever had with them is their a pain to program and you just need to change the batteries on a regular basis and also non of those have ever failed.

 

[YwouldntI]

ok then non thanx for the info

 

[Guest]

Only time I use a mechanical timer

Ooops...I meant to say digital.

 

[vaprpig]

The cheap plastic plug-in manual timers are not the safest and have started many house fires over the years.

Yes, they sell them and they work fine almost all of the time but they are cheap and made of plastic and produce a spark. If your timer is old, worn out, gummed up or broken it can produce a larger and hotter spark that can cause the plastic to ignite. Most grow fires are electrical in nature. You wouldn't want to add the weakest link you can find into your already most vulnerable system.

Hard wired is much safer than plug in but the digital plug in are safer than the mechanical plug in.