I am a powerful 1600 lumens fluorescent bulb for my grow light. Can this handle this or will the timer melt?
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1600 lumens doesn't tell me how many watts your light is pulling so I can't answer your question if you can tell me how many watts I can answer your question. Or how many amps and volts I can tell you as well. Lumens are a measure of light not power.
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I use a grow light and it did not damage the plastic. I don't know the wattage (it's not adjustable like yours) but I would imagine you should be fine. I keep my grow light very close to the plastic and it doesn't get hot.
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Yes, the timer uses a relay (like a mechanical switch) to control the light.. any light type. I use mine with a regular CFL.
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Lutron's "C*L Dimmer" Maestro line is made for use with dimmable LED and CFL bulbs (search model # MACL&#8209;153M). Even though you're not *supposed* to use LED's with this, I would think that as long as you have 60W total worth of bulbs running through it, it will be fine. For example, I currently have 6 recessed can flood lights running on one of these switches...if I switch to 65W-equivalent LEDs that will be roughly 57W...pushing my luck, but I expect it will work (I realize this isn't very helpful until I test it...just saying if it controls a single 60W incandescent bulb just fine, it should theoretically run six 10+ watt dimmable LED bulbs just fine as well. Would be very curious to see if anyone has tried this out that can confirm they were using this model of the Lutron switch and not one of the C*L's.
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I do not understand the validity of the inquiry. the Timer provides a source of intermittent current ...what does the bulb have to do with the process?
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salam,first of all the bulbs will damage in 5 minutes so you have to buy new bulbs then if you use it continuous for 3-4 ours the base will melt.this is what happened with me
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It shouldn't - what shortens the life of a CFL is putting it in an enclosed fixture where the heat can build up
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You will need to check if the wires are interchanged. Mine was same. if not get an electrician. This timer works perfect For CFL and led bulbs.
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You could use a regular bulb. The clear cover over the bulbs is plastic, so I would not use a bulb that will melt the plastic. The pole is aluminum and the base is plastic. Looks nice and works great. I use LED bulbs.
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I have seen a comment that said : "I had a problem with my CFL light('s) flickering so I tried putting LED bulb in and it worked fine since" My opinion on this comment -> the CFL bulb either was too low a wattage and/or not dimmable; If you do try using a LED bulb I strongly suggest you make sure it IS a DIMABLE LED ,Even though this device will not dim the bulb this is important so as not to damage your LED unit and thus possibly damaging timer unit as well.
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I purchased this more for the stand, and softbox. You can always changed the bulb to get brighter. Not sure what the limit would be when using fluorescent lights.
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This timer can be used with any load that is under the rated limits. CFL and LED are just lower power loads. As someone else mentioned; this is not a dimmer and it only turns the load on and off.
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Mixing bulbs and ballasts is ALWAYS a bad idea. It's a fire hazard, plus it messes with your spectrum even if you do get it to work. There is no benefit, and your plants will suffer tremendously, if you don't burn the house down first. Apollo makes a 1000 watt version for a few bucks more if that's what you need.
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A higher wattage bulb would void the warranty. The heat might melt the plastic. carlights4less
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Some electronic timers require an intact incandescent lamp filament before the timer will operate. If you have one of these, it may not operate correctly with this LED bulb.
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Melted wow lol are you using the reccomended bulbs? I have two running 12hrs a day with uvb 5.0 fluorescent compacts bulbs (26W each) and no problem.
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Yes it will. I had to purchase this when I installed LED bulbs into my fixtures controlled by a timer that would not support them. This works perfect.