Electicity questions? Worried after reading posts.

I run a 600 watt hps a 105 watt fan and 150 watt fan and a light mover off a 20 amp breaker. I run the light mover and the light off one outlet and I run the fans off the other outlet but there on the same breaker. I have my fans kick on 3 min before my lights and shut off 5 min after my lights. My question is, is this safe? Can't imagine it's more than 10 amps max but I do know I can't use my floor vac in certain outlets and the kitchen mixer too.

The stuff you list is fine on one circuit provided it's not also sharing with another room and other household stuff.

If the vacuum or blender flip the breaker you might just need a new breaker on that line, and they are easy to put in.

this time a year more power being used..might cause it to trip if in a apt

The breaker shares with the rest of the house. My tv and ps3 and I don't really use them much when the light is on maybe the first 3 hours. I run at night.

goatslayer said:

I run a 600 watt hps a 105 watt fan and 150 watt fan and a light mover off a 20 amp breaker. I run the light mover and the light off one outlet and I run the fans off the other outlet but there on the same breaker. I have my fans kick on 3 min before my lights and shut off 5 min after my lights. My question is, is this safe? Can't imagine it's more than 10 amps max but I do know I can't use my floor vac in certain outlets and the kitchen mixer too.

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you should be fine, your barely using half of the 1920 watts you can safely pull off of a 20amp circuit...

Thanks makes me feel better.

power = volts x amps
amps= power / volts
600+105+150=855 watts/120 = 7.125 amps
Thats without the light mover , but the light mover can't be drawing very much so you are plenty safe. The reason the vacuum trips it out is because it probably draws close to 12 amps or more and that plug you use is on the same breaker as your other stuff.

just to add a few things no one has mentioned ....

If you live in an appartment,witch you didnt mention, you should be fully aware that appt. & some homes are notorius for using the chaepest crap they can... often times using inferior products... you should not be using more than 80 % of the breaker .. this gives you a buffer on that brkr .... appts. only put 20 amp brkrs in the kitchen & bath.. if yours is 20 amp in a bed room... someone may have changed the brkr to a larger one, a bad thing ... verry bad.... changing the brkr to a large one does not mean the circuit can handle 20 amps....

you should also check the amp rating on the female plug in the wall... this is verry simple to do.. remove the plug cover screw ... info impernted on the bracket

if your are popping the breaker..changing it may not be the answer.. its popping for a reason.... an obvious overload ... there are more than a few componets involved and all need to be checked..... if you are not sure , you should consult someone who can give you good on site info.......a friend, reletive....

I personaly have seen 20 amp brks feeding 10 or more 15 amp plugs.... use caution when evaluating your situation..... dont want to be one the streets for xmas...
good luck & happy holidays

Well I hav 4 20 amp breakers 3 30 amp breakers and a 50 amp breaker I imagine is for the dryer. I am in an old apartment 1960s but I did run 2 600 watt lights at first and it did'nt trip the breaker the only time it trips is when the light is on and my wife uses the wrong outlet for the vaccum or she uses the kitchen mixer with the light on hopefully I have pounded it into her head that after 7:30 no vaccum or mixxer. I don't run it off the 30 amp socket wich only runs one room but it's my daughters room so no go in there. I runn 2 500 watt ac units in the summer though and I also think I will have to use one of those ice box thingys witch will take a 500 watt chiller. I will run the ac and the chiller on different circuts than the light probably the ac units on the 30amp breaker one in my daughters room and one in the living room and maybe the chiller too depends on saftey. I also have a dryer socket 220 that is right out side my room by the intakes, I have thought about using a 220 balast but my wife is'nt keen on drying laundry elsewhere. On another note my humidity is up to 53% with the lights off and I run my exhaust fan constantly, gonna turn the room fan to constant today too. Is this too high don't want to get a dehumidifier but got too much into this now to get cheap. Thanx for all the help everyone.

I've also been running for 4 week already and no problems but it's winter here not so cold though fucking raining.

toast master said:

just to add a few things no one has mentioned ....

If you live in an appartment,witch you didnt mention, you should be fully aware that appt. & some homes are notorius for using the chaepest crap they can... often times using inferior products... you should not be using more than 80 % of the breaker .. this gives you a buffer on that brkr .... appts. only put 20 amp brkrs in the kitchen & bath.. if yours is 20 amp in a bed room... someone may have changed the brkr to a larger one, a bad thing ... verry bad.... changing the brkr to a large one does not mean the circuit can handle 20 amps....

you should also check the amp rating on the female plug in the wall... this is verry simple to do.. remove the plug cover screw ... info impernted on the bracket

if your are popping the breaker..changing it may not be the answer.. its popping for a reason.... an obvious overload ... there are more than a few componets involved and all need to be checked..... if you are not sure , you should consult someone who can give you good on site info.......a friend, reletive....

I personaly have seen 20 amp brks feeding 10 or more 15 amp plugs.... use caution when evaluating your situation..... dont want to be one the streets for xmas...
good luck & happy holidays

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lol... i NEVER give out reccomendations based on FLA... all of mine are calculated for continous duty just for that reason