jHands
Active Member
Just picked up two 120v 315’s in 4200 with light rails for my moms and veg space. Had some questions about wiring them to a timer. My game plan is to plug them into a heavy duty shop power strip, capable of handling 1850 watts / 15 amps. Then plug that power strip into a standard Titan outlet timer. I know the ballasts only pull 360, and I’ve read that they are soft start ballasts - meaning that they fire up low wattage and increase as the bulb heats up. Can anyone confirm?
They’re going to be on a 20 amp circuit, which I wired myself during the buildout and had an electrician inspect. The only other thing on that circuit will be a small 5000 BTU window AC unit. I’m not worried about overloading the circuit, just concerned about plugging them into the strip then timer. I ran them like this for 15 mins the other day and then powered down. None of the plugs were hot anywhere. It should be noted that the light timer I have says do not use with digital ballasts on the back. Not sure if the integrated ballasts are digital in these. Any insight?
Cross posted from LED thread, wasn’t sure where to post for proper exposure.
They’re going to be on a 20 amp circuit, which I wired myself during the buildout and had an electrician inspect. The only other thing on that circuit will be a small 5000 BTU window AC unit. I’m not worried about overloading the circuit, just concerned about plugging them into the strip then timer. I ran them like this for 15 mins the other day and then powered down. None of the plugs were hot anywhere. It should be noted that the light timer I have says do not use with digital ballasts on the back. Not sure if the integrated ballasts are digital in these. Any insight?
Cross posted from LED thread, wasn’t sure where to post for proper exposure.
