Just09
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Yes I'm sorry i meant 6 600s and I'm in California.
So you're saying 2 20amp and 2 15amp circuts should cover everything.
What would i say to an electrician to install it.can't say I'm growing.
Yes I'm sorry i meant 6 600s and I'm in California.?? say what? 600 - 600watt lights. or 6 - 600w. A 3600 w total 2 - 20 amp 120 v circuits will do the lights A/C & Dehu will depend on room size, the amount of plants, heat generated, exhaust +++. 1 -15 amp circuit should cover your A/C or Dehu and there is enough room left on the 2 - 20 amps for fans & intake & exhaust . Will you need heat for lights off time.. add another 15 amp circuit.
Are you in the USA? Canada? electrical requirements are different in other parts of the world with the voltage supplied.
Consider 2000w to 1 - 20 amp breaker to stay safe with the lights. So your lighting load at 3600w, you'll have to split up the load to 1800 per breaker. That leaves 200 watts for fans at maybe 50w each ( my osculating fans are 45w ). I don't use A/C and I'm not sure of the requirements for larger A/C units. The larger ones may require 20 amp a 220/240V. My Small 36pint Dehu is only around 500W and I have it on one circuit with 3 - 4- 5 Osculating + exhaust fans running 24/7.Yes I'm sorry i meant 6 600s and I'm in California.
So you're saying 2 20amp and 2 15amp circuts should cover everything.
What would i say to an electrician to install it.can't say I'm growing.
Yes the electrician part of it is tricky. I think you could do this, say to him you are setting up a small wood shop in the grow room. You can get some documentation off the internet for loads of various wood working tools, shaper, planer, table saw, dust collection unit. If you fall short just tell him you may be upgrading the equipment down the road but you only want to install the electrical portion one time.Yes I'm sorry i meant 6 600s and I'm in California.
So you're saying 2 20amp and 2 15amp circuts should cover everything.
What would i say to an electrician to install it.can't say I'm growing.
Yes the electrician part of it is tricky. I think you could do this, say to him you are setting up a small wood shop in the grow room. You can get some documentation off the internet for loads of various wood working tools, shaper, planer, table saw, dust collection unit. If you fall short just tell him you may be upgrading the equipment down the road but you only want to install the electrical portion one time.
Yes the electrician part of it is tricky. I think you could do this, say to him you are setting up a small wood shop in the grow room. You can get some documentation off the internet for loads of various wood working tools, shaper, planer, table saw, dust collection unit. If you fall short just tell him you may be upgrading the equipment down the road but you only want to install the electrical portion one time.
I was just going to talk about the #14 or #12 there will be extra cost for using #12 for the 20 amp. eventhe receptacles would cost more. It will balance the lighting better with 3 lights per circuit but you'll only want 15 amp circuits for your power needs to external equipment ie: fans, wet vac, dehu & such.I ran my own. I added my breakers to my electrical panel and then ran my circuits. If there is room in the breaker box to simply add extra breakers, or if there are any breakers that are unused, it's a pretty simple process. If you are worried about hiring an electrician, research the project. You may feel, depending on your previous experiences, that you can handle the task alone.
If not, hire the electrician. It doesn't matter what he thinks, only what he knows. Tell him what you want done. He doesn't need to know why or what you're doing with those circuits. If you must say something, tell him you're setting up a work shop and 15 amp saws trigger 15 amp breakers.
20 amp circuits on 120 volts - Use 12 gauge grounded wire.
15 amp circuits would use 14 gauge grounded wire.
Wouldn't it be more beneficial if i just get 2 30a 120v circuts.or no such thing.and if anyone has time.what are the steps in assembling 4 circuts, (gonna get an electrician from craigslist)there's no breakers in the garage,but it was electricity there( idk what happened with it)
But the dryer and washer isn't located in the garage.it has it's own reserved"wash house" i had built. I think i know what I'm Rhonda tell him,of he inquiresActually ... It's what I did.
I have a gas dryer. I removed the dryer circuit and installed 2 120v 30amp breakers and ran 10 gauge wire to my outlets. Where you could run into problems is finding 30 amp outlet receptacles.
I wired mine to 20 amp outlets. My 2 circuits are no where near overloaded. The heavier wire is required for 30 amps but since it turns out that I'm barely over 15 amps per circuit, the heavier wire is for peace of mind and if I ever sell the house, those circuits come out and the dryer circuit is reconnected.
If you're running from the house to garage you should put in a small sub / pony panel a small 30 amp ( if you can find one ) or 60 amp. A 30 amp you could run a # 3 wire + ground =3 wire #10 from the house then run all the circuits you need from there. Just get an electrician to put in the Sub- panel in the garage from there you should be able to do the rest. With some help & a little reading up on how to make your connections safely.But the dryer and washer isn't located in the garage.it has it's own reserved"wash house" i had built. I think i know what I'm Rhonda tell him,of he inquires
analog timer or a digital timer?IS it safe to hookup a dual 15 amp timer to a 1000w and the other end a 600w and a couple of fans?
I know it is close to the max amps but not sure exactly how close. I currenly have it set up that way using 2 600's, but I aquired a 1000w ballast and wanted to see how it worked. Dont 6oow use about 5 amps and 1000W about 8.5?
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Yes the electrician part of it is tricky. I think you could do this, say to him you are setting up a small wood shop in the grow room. You can get some documentation off the internet for loads of various wood working tools, shaper, planer, table saw, dust collection unit. If you fall short just tell him you may be upgrading the equipment down the road but you only want to install the electrical portion one time.
Maybe it's not rocket science but over-look one thing and your property could go up in smokes. There's a lot to consider ... and yes, I can run circuits all day long but I'll still hire an electrician to swap out my service panel and coordinate with the electric company to be sure everything coming into the house is rated for the new service.Around here, you’d have a hard time finding a electrician that hasn’t done at least one grow room. Some of them specialize in grow rooms. I’m pretty comfortable doing my own. It isn’t rocket science.
So true. Had some family die in a house fire from bad bathroom wiring job.Maybe it's not rocket science but over-look one thing and your property could go up in smokes. There's a lot to consider ... and yes, I can run circuits all day long but I'll still hire an electrician to swap out my service panel and coordinate with the electric company to be sure everything coming into the house is rated for the new service.
Just be careful if you decide to do it yourself.
An extension cord might help resolve the issue. Hopefully, it won't create another issue. You might have a faulty breaker. The heater or dehumidifier could be faulty, as well.I keep tripping the breakers in my grow. Will running an extension cord from another room that’s on a different breaker (don’t know technical term) and plugging in my dehumidifier or heater help resolve the issue?
Probably the best thing to do would be to move some of the load to another circuit. How many breakers are there in your electrical panel? There should be several separate circuits. So, maybe you could move the microwave over to a circuit with less load on it. You would have to figure out how much power each device uses and do some math.I live in an apartment where the breaker trips if we are using what I feel like isn't too much electricity. Things we have running constantly are: 3 computers, a 150 watt led, 2 fans, a 250 watt led in my brothers room, 2 more fans, and a/c in the summer. If we use the microwave while all that stuff is running the breaker will trip. I want to throw another 150 watter in my 4x2 tent. Is there anything I can do or buy to prevent the breaker from getting overloaded without having to sacrifice the a/c?
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