Greenthumbs256
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All I gotta do is buy a bunch of night lights plug em in every where turn em all on and start flipping switches until I find out what's on what's breaker.
NEED SERIOUS HELP!!!(electric)
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Lucky Luke
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I'm not an electrician but lamps surge on start up (they use more amps then when they are running).
Never tape your breakers...their there for a reason.
Lucky Luke
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what?
mate..if you don't understand what I'm saying don't touch anything. You may kill someone.
Greenthumbs256
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I didn't mean tape breakers I meant just cover plugs so no one plugs stuff into them on the same breaker. Do you not think 30 amps is good enough for both 1k???
Greenthumbs256
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I get it completely buddy don't worry I just don't think your getting Me. The night lights are used So i can see what plugs are connected to what breaker? And I would never tape a breaker, I'll probably buy the kid saftey plastic things that plug into the plug so no none can use that plug. My house is ran funny three rooms are all one one breaker just half and half it's weird,
Greenthumbs256
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I don't know how to wire stuff and not an electrician, so I'm hoping to not have to touch anything except flip a few breakers back and forth. And plug in a few lights! Just moving stuff around till everything works and nothing flips (the breaker)
firsttimeARE
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A 30A will run 2 1000w 120v
A 1000w only uses about 8.5A at 120v (8.5A x 120V=1020w).
Max you should run is 24A on a 30A. So you got 7A to spare for a dehumidifier, fans, pumps.
A 1000w only uses about 8.5A at 120v (8.5A x 120V=1020w).
Max you should run is 24A on a 30A. So you got 7A to spare for a dehumidifier, fans, pumps.
firsttimeARE
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Map your house out with rooms and receptacles and switches.
Map out your panel. Assign letters to each breaker. Shut them all off. Turn one on and test every outlet and switch and label the map,of your home receptacles and switches with the breaker letter.
Thats what id do if I was worried.
HydroRed
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Your gonna need to find out AT LEAST the basics to get any help.
Even better if he has ballasts that will run 240V at half the amperage.
Greenthumbs256
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My ballast are magnetic and have the option to run 110 or 220 what does that mean tho?
Greenthumbs256
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I won't let that happen but thanks for your vote of confidence... ass
Greenthumbs256
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Dude acts like I'm trying to hook up a million watts on a 15 amp, I mean come on dude what I want to do doesn't require me touching and hooking up wires, just simply using what I have to run 2 dam light fuck don't be an asshole.
And I do know that 2 1k hps will fit on the breaker but what about start up? I was told it takes more power to start up like a surge than it does to run?
HydroRed
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If you run your ballast on a 240V line you can run your ballasts at half the amperage that you would at 120V. Less amperage = more efficiency or more equipment run on a single circuit. What I do about high amp draw at first startup is I stagger my lights 3 minutes apart so 1 is already warmed up when the other is firing up. Helps with high amp draw like you mentioned at startup.
Greenthumbs256
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So to run my lights off a 220 I could share my washer and dryer plug? But obviously only run one at a time! Bc the washer n dryer hook up is right outside the room and using a 30 amp fuse!
Greenthumbs256
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I take it I would need to buy a 220 cord it didn't come with one?
HydroRed
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Correct.
If you can run all of them under the rated amperage load indicated on the breaker. You'd still have to tally up the total amperage between all of the items being used on that 240V circuit.
