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Your good, 1 light is 4.6 amps, that is well below the 80% threshold for the 15 amp receptacle.
And the 3 lights at 4.6 amps equals 13.8 amps, which is below 80% for the 20 amp breaker.
You just have to make sure you have the 20 amp double pole breaker and all the receptacles wired correctly for 240 volt instead of 120.
Please explain? Are you 100% certain... do you fully understand what my question is cause I know its confusing... well I know I may not be asking it properly lol.Thats too much constant load.
Yeah. You have the 15 amp receptacle. Standard. But you want to run 3 600 watts on one circuit. Which although technically ok is something our guys recommend against. They will only do one 1000 watt per 20 amp.Please explain? Are you 100% certain... do you fully understand what my question is cause I know its confusing... well I know I may not be asking it properly lol.
Yeah. You have the 15 amp receptacle. Standard. But you want to run 3 600 watts on one circuit. Which although technically ok is something our guys recommend against. They will only do one 1000 watt per 20 amp.
And 2 600 watts. Max
But we are on 110v. So I don't know the standards in 240v countries. The reason they do 2 x 600 watt per circuit max is to let you plug in some fans. When you try and squeeze 3 600 watts per 20 amp circuit on 110v here you end up with problems. I only have the answer I received when I asked. I don't know more than the guy I hire. For 12 hour duty cycles using control boards you can use 4 or 8 per board. Using bigger fuses and wires. Not an expert. And only know about CSA standard.
Can? Yes? Best practice? No. Go 2 600 watts per circuit to prevent issues. Leave headroom
Originally but I'm in Canada now. I actually just came back from Home Depot. I called them up to ask if I could return if I didn't have the receipt. They gave me a store credit and I swapped them 15amp receptacles for 20amp ones. My electrician did say that is was fine, no worries sticking with the 15amps. I was heading into the depot anyways so decided to just swamp them.@mikeross Are you in the USA?
I dont know how to tag people on here, could you give me some advice?@mikeross Are you in the USA?
I would get a bigger circuit because your lights are practically maxing the constant load threshold and you need environmental control units too.
Cant remember the formula but. As people has pointed out its different if you run 120v or 220v
How is 13.8 amps on a 20 amp breaker maxing out the circuit?
The only problem I see is the size of the wire required for 20amps #12 doesn't fit the 15 amp receptacles very well. You can't use the quick wire ( too big ) and it doesn't fit nicely around the screw on the receptacle. Meaning...if you can't secure it properly you can potentially have lose wires. its also difficult to get 3 conductors either BX/Romex/Lumex spliced with pig tails, marretts & the receptacle into your small box without pinching wires, You can run #12 from the panel to a junction box then drop down with #14 to the receptacle but that junction box has to be accessible and that will fix wires being too big to for the plugs and boxes.Well as the title says, I'm in the process of laying out the electrical in a new build. I've got 5 rows of 3 lights and if I can get 3 lights on 1 circuit it will make the layout look really clean.
If I run a 20 amp breaker/circuit, and have (3) separate 15mp single outlet receptacles on this circuit, 1 for each light, will I run into any issues because each receptacle is only rated for 15amps? The lights are going to be drawing 4.6amps each at 240v, so technically I'm under the 15amp draw, just wondering if I'm splitting it up over (3) receptacles makes a difference.
I know you will say just go buy a 20 amp receptacle but I've got a ton of these 15amp ones and would like to use them.
Because there's the 80% rule for constant load which would he 16amp on a 20 breaker and that's just his lights. As soon as he plugs in an a/c or space heater plus a dehumidifier or humidifier it's going to popHow is 13.8 amps on a 20 amp breaker maxing out the circuit?
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