how many watts on one outlet?

bripay50 said:

In a regular house... Can you put a 1000 watt and a 400 watt in the same room?

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IAm5toned said:

a small bedroom is 15 amps. any electrician with his head not up his ass would never waste a 20 amp breaker on a bedroom circuit.

rule of thumb- 1440w of grow equipment per dedicated #14awg cable, 15 amp breaker, max.
1920w of grow equipment per dedicated #12awg cable, 20 amp breaker, max.
2880w of grow equipment per dedicated #10awg cable, 30 amp breaker, max.

those wattages are good for 120v only. it changes if your going to go 240.

and ps- those numbers are factored for continous duty operation. dont play with them. i know you can get more wattage out of the breakers, but if you try to run them with higher wattage than i posted above, the breaker will heat up and trip after a cpl of hours.
stick with those numbers and you cant go wrong.

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basement nirvana said:

So I was considering putting 2 1000 watt lights on the one 20 amp breaker but it is just too close for comfort, I was more concerned with the 14 gauge wire. I have decided to run another conduit line into the room from another room/circuit. When it is all finished I will have 3 separate outlets on 3 separate circuits...it's gonna be sweet. Thanks guys!

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Yodaweed said:

I wouldn't feel safe sleeping with all that ampage on one 20amp breaker, you are running that beyond what it is rated to do. Hire an Electrician and have him run you a 20amp 240v outlet to your grow (it only costs a couple hundred bucks). Most households have 15amp circuits so you might want to check your circuit breaker.

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