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Lost said:FYI the 1000w is 10 amps at 120 and 5 amps at 220..
gnarfbuckle said:Also 14 gauge or 12 gauge romex
gnarfbuckle said:yeah ive got a few circuits setup, jus making sure 20 would be safe. Dont need any fires around here.
Lost said:Might as well make it a 220 line.. same amount of work..
cheyenne said:2600 watts/120VAC= 21.667 amp of power, however I would figure it at 2800 watts/120VAC for 23.334 amps, so no, in neither situation is your 20 amp breaker enough.
cheyenne said:While you could probably get away with 12AWG wire, i'd recommend stepping it up to a minimum of 10AWG, and i'd NEVER in a million years use 14AWG to power even a single 1k watt ballast. 14AWG (in an SO cord) should be reserved, at best, for your lamp cord.
He's running 1400 watts of light, not 2600 or 2800.
That's *really* conservative dude - really 14awg for ~15A is *fine* and 12AWG will run 20A all day w/o a problem up at 120V.
10awg is just really overkill for a 15 ~ 20A room.
Here's a good sizing chart for amperage on a 120vac circuit:
I'm the first guy to beat people over the head for electrical safety, but these recommendations *really* are overkill.
cheyenne said:As far as being conservative, you bet your ass im conservative when it come to the security of my grows and the electrical systems i build for them. In residential I'll never run less than a 10AWG even for a single 1k on 120VAC.....
cheyenne said:Seen toooo many grows on the news that have gone up in flames from shoddy wiring jobs.
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