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hi all.
It was suggested to me by an associate to instead of installing 20 amp safety receptacles and using male plugs on my ballasts to plug-in, that it would be more cost efficient and just as safe to hard-wire the ballasts. He also said to use individual breakers on the ballasts.
He suggested that from my timer (Intermatic t103 40amp) I would go to breakers, and then breakers would be hardwired to my ballasts. He suggested that this would be safer and by eliminating the receptacles I would save a bit of money, or at least recoup some of the costs of buying the breakers and having a safer setup.
I've never run breakers on individual ballasts before. I assume this is to make the breaker flip if the ballasts shorts out alot sooner than to make the main breaker behind the timer flip.
Do I use a 15 amp breaker per ballast or do I run more than one ballast on the breaker? If it is more than one ballast per 15 amp breaker what kind of box do I use to make the connection in?
Thanks
It was suggested to me by an associate to instead of installing 20 amp safety receptacles and using male plugs on my ballasts to plug-in, that it would be more cost efficient and just as safe to hard-wire the ballasts. He also said to use individual breakers on the ballasts.
He suggested that from my timer (Intermatic t103 40amp) I would go to breakers, and then breakers would be hardwired to my ballasts. He suggested that this would be safer and by eliminating the receptacles I would save a bit of money, or at least recoup some of the costs of buying the breakers and having a safer setup.
I've never run breakers on individual ballasts before. I assume this is to make the breaker flip if the ballasts shorts out alot sooner than to make the main breaker behind the timer flip.
Do I use a 15 amp breaker per ballast or do I run more than one ballast on the breaker? If it is more than one ballast per 15 amp breaker what kind of box do I use to make the connection in?
Thanks