24 hrs segment timer keeps breaking

I'm only into my second grow so not a great lot of experience at all.
My timer keeps breaking very frequently and doesn't switch itself off. It was a new ballast and I only have the ballast plugged into the wall socket so definitely shouldn't be an overload. Dodgy ballast of a dodgy wall socket ? It's the 6th timer and of different brands.

what brand, got a picture of your setup?

i don't get what your asking , please clarify.

Stuck contact in the timer likely being caused by excessive current draw by cheap or defective ballast?

Just guessing, not much info.

Get yourself a heavy duty relay switch to be controlled by your timer. Or make sure your timer is rated to at least 4 or 5 times the wattage of your ballast. Plug n Grow makes a good one.

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Plug & Grow timers work only in the UK or where electricity is rated 50Hz, they will spin faster on a 60Hz electricity, I have 2 of them.