Its a Timex Heavy Duty. Capacity=1875 Watts/15 amps. So not too sure if it would be the timer. Don't know if it makes a difference but my living room and bedroom outlets are on the same breaker. But if that was a problem it would just throw the breaker, correct? Do your HID's turn on right away when they are powered? Could it be a ignitor problem if they dont? Im going to run it off another outlet later on a seperate timer. Hopefully it works. My buddy is growing the same but is using CFL's. Looks nice but I don't really want to go that route... Anyways thanks for the quick replys.