Will this light timer work for me?

I'm thinking about buying this light timer off of ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ELECTRIC-VACATION-CLOCK-LIGHT-TIMER-w-RANDOM-SWITCHING_W0QQitemZ110423930943QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b5c7783f

"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The timer is rated at 125VAC, 15A, 1875 Resistive Watts and comes with a 3 wire grounded plug."[/FONT]

Would this work and/or be a fire hazard if I plugged a six socket surge protector into it? I'll have about 150watts worth of CFL, a small space heater and a small desk fan plugged in to the surge protector.

Would this be an overload?

stealthgrower said:

I'm thinking about buying this light timer off of ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ELECTRIC-VACATION-CLOCK-LIGHT-TIMER-w-RANDOM-SWITCHING_W0QQitemZ110423930943QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b5c7783f

"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The timer is rated at 125VAC, 15A, 1875 Resistive Watts and comes with a 3 wire grounded plug."[/FONT]

Would this work and/or be a fire hazard if I plugged a six socket surge protector into it? I'll have about 150watts worth of CFL, a small space heater and a small desk fan plugged in to the surge protector.

Would this be an overload?

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i do it and it works

ummmmm it wont last long... CFL's are inductive, and so are fan motors... resisitive is for incadescent or heating elements. it will work for a little while but it will fuse shut after awhile ::

stealthgrower said:

Would this work and/or be a fire hazard if I plugged a six socket surge protector into it? I'll have about 150watts worth of CFL, a small space heater and a small desk fan plugged in to the surge protector.

Would this be an overload?

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It'll work but to be safe I'd check on the watts/amps used by the heater, it might be marked somewhere on it. Generally they are around 1100w or so depending on the setting you use and total BTU output.

You should be fine, however if you want to be absolutely sure, buy a Kill-a-watt (pretty cheap) and check the surge strip total usage before moving it to the timer. Better safe than sorry.

It looks like this would work, but I always like to run my heaters and/or AC on thermostats instead of timers.

IAm5toned said:

ummmmm it wont last long... CFL's are inductive, and so are fan motors... resisitive is for incadescent or heating elements. it will work for a little while but it will fuse shut after awhile ::

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Listen to this guy, stealth. He's an electrician by trade.


IAm5toned: hah, didn't know that, I have my timer on CFLs only, I need to check if its resistive or not later just incase she blows. Learn something new every day.

HHGTTG420 said:

Listen to this guy, stealth. He's an electrician by trade.


IAm5toned: hah, didn't know that, I have my timer on CFLs only, I need to check if its resistive or not later just incase she blows. Learn something new every day.

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lol yeah that one caught me off guard... i had never even considered the load characteristics when i bought it