Anyone ever have their light timer melt????

[DaBuh]

basically u were pulling to much power from ur timer so it go hot and melted, it tok a few months but it happened id say u need a better timer and make sure u know how many amps it can handle and how many amps ur system is pulling from it. make sure the amps the timer can hold is the same of above what ur set up is pulling.

[BILL THICK]

DaBuh-The timer I used was good for 15 amp 1550 watts so should not have melted running a 9 amp 1000 watt light unless I am missing something. Your probably right when you say I need a better timer. The only other thing I , (myself, not being much of an electrician) that I noticed was the plug adapter was melting as well . Perhaps the adapter had something to do with it ??

Mand- Your a doll ty for responding with the pics. Not sure what it is but I would like to find out . I have never seen one nor came across one in my research that I did before buying my lights. It obviously is not a bad safeguard to have.
Sorry to hear your not feeling too well and hope you get well and are feeling good right away. Is it getting cold in those parts about now? Do you live in the city or are you in the country? I'm in the city and would really prefer to be in the country , so much more peaceful. Didn't think of England having a winter or summer just always figured it was always just foggy ......lol (teasin ya) Hey what does Mardy mean?

Well, hope you feel better soon
Thanks for the trouble of getting those pics , that was nice of you,
peace,
Bill

[DaBuh]

wish i knew what went wrong then dude, hope that doesnt happen to mine. to be honest i didnt even check the amp pulls and stuff on mine, i was just so excited i finnaly found one at wal-mart. [goes and checks if his closet is on fire...]

[BILL THICK]

I hear ya DaBuh!! never even contemplated having my timer melt. Thats part of the reason I posted the problem so others might be aware. I'm just lucky I caught it it could have been a real disaster. Not a common thing though. Mand has a small box that is for preventing this. Doesn't sound like a bad thing to have .

Peace
Bill

[mand]

Hello Bill I just don't know what it is called but I'll try and find out, what I do know is the man said the timer needed it to work properly, but like I said he just went over my head with it all

Yes Autum is here now Bill and the weather is getting cooler, my plants will start to slow down by the time it gets to November and the frosts start.

I live on the edge of town so I really get the best of both worlds, town for shopping and then I have the feilds and woods for taking my dogs walks................also for collecting my horse muck

Oh and "mardy" means to have a bit of a "sulk", not that I ever do that ................well maybe just a little now and again


love mand xxx

I'll try and find out what the box thing is called

[mand]

Found it Bill

http://www.hydroponics-lighting.com/en-gb/dept_32.html

It's on this link and it's called a Hercules contactor


love mand xxx

[mand]

It also Tells a little about it on this site ......comes under the timer section

http://www.light-site.co.uk/lighting.html


Hope thats some good to you love



love mand xxx

[turtle420]

That was basically what I thought it was... a relay for the lights so they don't melt the timer...

I'm just wondering (this is my situation): My heavy-duty (what ever that means) timers cost me $6 @ Home Depot... Instead of forking over about $100 (50 British pounds? more or less?) for this relay, why don't you buy 3 or 4 timers... if it melts, change it... Of course, unless you're afraid of a fire or something...

[mand]

Hello Turtle Yes I thought £50 for that is very exspensive. I'm not sure how much mine cost because I bought the whole lot together, all the light stuff, the bulbs, the timer, the box thing and an exstension cable. In total it came to £220 and I only had a budget of £200 but I kept smiling and he let me off the £20

Mind you this was in 1998 so they will be more exspensive now, when I bought the two new bulbs a few months ago they cost nearly £60 alone

love mand xxx

[chonged]

thanks for the thread...i was going to use a cheap and nasty timer....but after reading this thread....think i'll get a decent one