400 Watt HPS and Timer for Controlled Flowering

Just ordered a 400 watt HPS setup complete with reflector hood, ballast, and bulb. I'm beginning the flowering stage soon, and need to use a timer to regulate light and dark while I'm away. Will a basic timer work with my HPS? How can I be sure? Any advice or help is greatly appreciated!

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a "basic" timer should work fine. never seen a timer rated below 2 amps which is the 400's power. usually they would be 10-20 amps + however some cheapo timers just aren't accurate in timing

I bought a brinks 2 outlet digital timer w/ battery back-up at walmart to use with my 400 watt setup. Has worked perfectly so far. I think I paid around $20 for it.

just look for a "heavy duty" timer, this should work fine, i pick up my timers for like around $12 each

you need a heavy duty timer. They can be purchased at any hardware store. Just get one that says about 15A and approx 1800W to be safe. Should be from $10-$20 depending the the brand and options.

this is merely a personal opinion, but i would avoid digital timers. they are more expensive and there's more parts to malfunction, and of the 2 i've used one of them was not quite on point. a good heavy duty mechanical timer should do just fine. ballpark around 20 bucks.

Yea I dont like the digital timers theres too much too them sometimes simpler is better

I would recommend using nothing but digital timers myself. They work better and are more reliable in my experience. I've been using lots of timers for a couple decades since I keep numerous aquariums. The digital ones that I've bought in the last 10 years have been the most reliable I have ever had by a long long measure. The only timers that I have had fail on me were mechanical...

Thank you all for the great help. My question's have been answered to say the least. I found the original packaging and a slip of paper inside said 15A Resistive on it. I'm gonna just go ahead and use it, but I'm pretty confident it'll be fine.