electrical box in granny flat - what can I learn?

eminiplayer

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Planning a 200w LED grow in my granny flat, would probably be using a decent 6" inline fan to vent, speed adjusted using a variac... just wondering what I can learn from this pic that might help guide my build? Wouldn't mind an EC controller of some sort, adjusting fan speed and maybe a heater to keep temps stable... soil grow.

So what do all those switches do? And what are the numbers, etc?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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Old-School

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Those are breakers.

Breakers are used to protect your house from fire.
All breakers have a current rating (AMPS) that are matched to the gauge of wire used in a circuit.
The numbers are circuit identification.

This pic shows that the oven is on circuit N3 and is rated for 16 amps at 230 volts.

http://www.rexel.com.au/products/RCBO-1P-D-6KA-30MA-16A-MOD-C_M6RCBD1630C_819935.html

If you do not know what you are doing you need to hire an electrician, people can die from mistakes.
 

vostok

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200w led and a huge fan...?

you may be surprised to find

LED don't give of that much heat

you should be able to plug ur led and small fan into N4 & N5 circuits

with no issue

most if not all 240v circuits can handle 2400 watts at 10amp

good luck
 

eminiplayer

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Thanks for the advice, guys. Clearly I don't know what I'm doing... I just wanted to know if it's safe to run a 200w light and a decent sized fan off the power system installed in this granny flat... looks like I should be okay? I found a power outlet in the attic that I'm planning to attach an 8 outlet socket to, and run everything off that... should be ok?
 

Lucky Luke

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Just plug it into the wall man. If it overloads it will trip the breaker. But it sounds like you well within the range.

I would try to run the light off a separate circuit to the fans myself but beggars cannot be choosers.
 
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