Powersun 100w has trouble with timer

[usameisje]

The bulb works great if i just plug the lamp into the wall. If i turn it off and plug the lamp into a timer it doesn’t turn on when I try the switch.
I tried the timer with other things and it works. Does the ballast in the bulb prevent it from coming on right away?

Thanks for reading my first post!

 

[Toddrickfl1]

The bulb works great if i just plug the lamp into the wall. If i turn it off and plug the lamp into a timer it doesn’t turn on when I try the switch.
I tried the timer with other things and it works. Does the ballast in the bulb prevent it from coming on right away?

Thanks for reading my first post!

If it's a Mercury vapor bulb you have to give it a few minutes after you unplug it before it will come back on.

 

[Srmcclure]

Maybe its what the timer is rated for? Can it handle the 100 watts?

 

[usameisje]

If it's a Mercury vapor bulb you have to give it a few minutes after you unplug it before it will come back on.

Thanks! I will keep that in mind.

 

[usameisje]

Maybe its what the timer is rated for? Can it handle the 100 watts?

good question, I read the directions and the timer worked well last night/today.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

What kind of timer are you using? I'm not an expert on timers, but I was less than pleased with a programmable power strip I got a couple years ago. One little power flicker in Florida, and it through everything off. The timer never worked right after that, so I turn my PowerSun 100W UVB lamps on/off manually. When the power flickers, they automatically turn themselves off for 10-15 minutes, then they come back on again.

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

Yes its normal. Always had that prob with those bulbs

 

[Tom]

The bulb works great if i just plug the lamp into the wall. If i turn it off and plug the lamp into a timer it doesn’t turn on when I try the switch.
I tried the timer with other things and it works. Does the ballast in the bulb prevent it from coming on right away?

Thanks for reading my first post!

What species are you housing under that bulb? What size? MVBs will cause pyramiding, they are unreliable, and some of them stop producing any UV prematurely. I'd use something else.