Fitz carraldo
Member
Hello, I'm looking for pointers.
I've got 3 1k watt hps lights (2 mag, 1 digi) each on a designated 20amp circuit. I've been using intermatic HB113 20a appliance timers and recently noticed some foxtailing going on and this am I entered the grow room and apparently 1 of the timers hadn't been switching off.
I called intermatic and talked to a technical rep that told me that the lights were pulling to much for the timers and the contactors were sticking or fuzing. I informed him that the knob wasn't hard to turn and maybe the trippers weren't long enough to engage the teeth of the switch/knob. Didn't matter.
He said that i needed a different timer (a TN311) and that it was actually cheap than the current timers I'm using. The call ended with a thank you and I hit the web..... The intermatic TN311 is a 15amp $10 cheapie!
So my question is should I switch to a hard wired mechanical timers or a grow light controller? I dont know shit about light controllers, thinking mechanicals may be easier.
Looking for the plus's and minuses or people's experiences. Never ran more than a 400w ballast, never had these problems before. Thanks for the read!
I've got 3 1k watt hps lights (2 mag, 1 digi) each on a designated 20amp circuit. I've been using intermatic HB113 20a appliance timers and recently noticed some foxtailing going on and this am I entered the grow room and apparently 1 of the timers hadn't been switching off.
I called intermatic and talked to a technical rep that told me that the lights were pulling to much for the timers and the contactors were sticking or fuzing. I informed him that the knob wasn't hard to turn and maybe the trippers weren't long enough to engage the teeth of the switch/knob. Didn't matter.
He said that i needed a different timer (a TN311) and that it was actually cheap than the current timers I'm using. The call ended with a thank you and I hit the web..... The intermatic TN311 is a 15amp $10 cheapie!
So my question is should I switch to a hard wired mechanical timers or a grow light controller? I dont know shit about light controllers, thinking mechanicals may be easier.
Looking for the plus's and minuses or people's experiences. Never ran more than a 400w ballast, never had these problems before. Thanks for the read!
