Normal household timers are not built to take the high inductive
loads produced by HID ballasts.
If used with an HID ballast, the contacts inside the timer that open and close
the timed circuit will overheat and weld together, breaking the timer and
leaving your grow lights permanently on.
The LUMii® Heavy Duty 24 Hour Plug In Timer is different.
As the name suggests, it is designed to take high loads and has no problem
dealing with the inductive loads produced by a 600 watt ballast.
This means no separate contactor is required, saving you money.
✓ No need to buy a contactor
✓ 24 hour, 15 minute segmental timer
✓ 96 switching operations within a 24 hour
period (every 15 min)
✓ Heavy duty contacts mean it can take high
inductive loads
✓ Suitable for timing one 600 watt HID
ballast or up to 6 200 watt CFLs
✓ It is very reliable and has a high
quality timer unit
✓ Robust ‘inline’ case design with socket
and timer dust covers