What timer will work with 1000 watt hps

[tanksta]

I have a 100watt hps lamp. For the lamps power source I taped into another circut in the house. The circut is 20 amp line and has 12-2 wire. I had bought a grounded so called heavy duty timer and my lamp cord started melting the housing on the timer slowly over the last few days. I have unplugged it being it wasnt safe. I have since then been just waking up and unplugging the lamp and plugging it back in when I get home from work with no more problems coming from the cord now. This gives me a 16 8 light cycle which I have read in the growers bible will enhance the probobilaty of females plus my seeds are feminized. any how I want to know if there is some sort of timer that is heavy duty enough to use with my lamp as I think the lamp draws more power than the timer can handle thus creating heat and melting the housing. Please help me with this as I will not have time to stop home and plug in and out the lamp for the flowering period.

 

[Dizoelio]

heavy duty timer... can't use regular ones... go to grow shop or order one online dude. between 30-100 bucks depending on features. good investment. Also a UPS backup is cool too i got one from best buy from computers. In case of power flux ya dont want bulb burning out.

 

[Growdude]

Here is what I did, running 1350 watts total.
This can be built cheap and you dont need the built in meter.

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9571