Timers

[jake65]

Going to buy some timers soon and was wondering what everybody uses. I had some of those $9 ones you can get at walmart on my last tank but now I'm looking for something a little more reliable for my new setup, ie. Coralife, Grasslins, other.

Thoughts/Opinions welcome

 

[DonW]

Just none of those coralife fire bombs. Most any digital is fine.

Don

 

[returnofsid]

Does MH lighting require a heavier duty timer than other types of lighting? I've used the cheap ones on my tanks, with no problems at all, but have never tried them with MH.

 

[fatboyt123]

Does MH lighting require a heavier duty timer than other types of lighting? .

i dont think so i was over at lowes yesterday getting stuffing to finish my light hanging job and was over looking at the little non-digtal timers seeing if they would work with MH and they said they were good for up to 220v cant remember exact watts but i know it was more than i was going to have running off one (250w).

 

[Chichas01]

Just none of those coralife fire bombs. Most any digital is fine.

Don

what? why are they fire bombs?

 

[DonW]

Because they are junk known for torching homes.

Don

 

[Herefishyfishy]

i dont think so i was over at lowes yesterday getting stuffing to finish my light hanging job and was over looking at the little non-digtal timers seeing if they would work with MH and they said they were good for up to 220v cant remember exact watts but i know it was more than i was going to have running off one (250w).

for a couple years, ran three 250s off of one grounded timer with no problem

 

[fatboyt123]

are you talking about the powerstrip one i dont like them very well

 

[fatboyt123]

for a couple years, ran three 250s off of one grounded timer with no problem

where did you get one that does 3?I only saw single and double plug ones.That would be great insted of taking up 3 or 2 plugs i would only be taking up 1

 

[Herefishyfishy]

where did you get one that does 3?I only saw single and double plug ones.That would be great insted of taking up 3 or 2 plugs i would only be taking up 1

Had a grounded orange triplet plugged into it

 

[fatboyt123]

Had a grounded orange triplet plugged into it

okay so you had one of ones that turns one outlet into 3.Was it a different one then i am talking about do you know what brand it was

 

[fatboyt123]

these are what i am talking about.Dont know if they will wrk but i think they.I was going to as about them to before i went and bought them but since we are already talking about timers what the heck.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=296851-251-TN111GLD86&lpage=none
they also had a 15amp one but didnt see a difference in them asnd they were the same price.They are also $2 at the store

 

[Herefishyfishy]

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=296851-251-TN111GLD86&lpage=none
they also had a 15amp one but didnt see a difference in them asnd they were the same price.They are also $2 at the store

BETTER TO GET A GROUNDED ON FOR A LITTLE MORE (cap locks, sorry)

 

[fatboyt123]

BETTER TO GET A GROUNDED ONE FOR A LITTLE MORE

no need to yell mike:lol:

i thought that one was.Is the 15amp one grounded then?

they do also have the marineland ones http://www.petmountain.com/product/power-strips-timers/502937/marineland-24-hour-light-timer.html

 

[jake65]

These are the ones I was looking into getting.........

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+9868&pcatid=9868

 

[DonW]

Look at what your trying to power also check the breaker to check max load.
Example if you have 3 x 250 w that's about 7.5 amps if its on a ten amp breaker its maxed out and may blow with the start up load. Also look at the outlet if its a 10A then you wouldn't want to fire all the lights at once and need seperate timers. Just do the math to be on the safe side.

Don

 

[pufferdady]

I found a digital one at Lowes that has two plug-ins on it (grounded). I have 2- 250w hallides plugged into it and so far so good. A little more, like $20, but in this hobby $20 is nothing right lol. Also, dido on the coralife strip timers they are total crap. I had one and the thing didn't burn down the house, thank god, but the timer would get stuck on/ off ect. Total waste or money.

 

[lizardarm]

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=213487-251-DT620CL&lpage=none
I have two of these timers, one for my halides and one for my closed loop pump. been working fine, and they're for outdoor use so the humidity inside my stand doesn't bother it.

 

[pufferdady]

That's the one I'm using

 

[lizardarm]

Is yours the same color? Mine is actually a green/gray color. I think there was an indoor version and an outdoor version.