Electrical questions.

I was wondering how many lamps could I plug into one room? I was thinking of having 2 1000 watt lamps each plugged into their own outlet. That isn't too much is it? There will be more appliances running also but on different outlets. Thanks ahead of time.

what is the amp load on 1 1000w? keep in mind that most homes have all or a section of the plugs on one line. I would try to stay under 15 amps total in any one room. check your fuse box and see what fuse or braker is on the line you want to use.

stumps said:

what is the amp load on 1 1000w? keep in mind that most homes have all or a section of the plugs on one line. I would try to stay under 15 amps total in any one room. check your fuse box and see what fuse or braker is on the line you want to use.

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Amperage is probably less than 10. Thanks a lot. I think I will be safe just plugging in 1 lamp per outlet.

Per outlet isn't the issue - it's per breaker. Usually all of the outlets in a room run off of the same wire and breaker, unless they were wired up for something special. In fact, there could be multiple rooms running off that same breaker and wire. Do you know how it's wired? If not, can you go under your house or in the attic and follow the lines to see what's happening?

should be at 8.5 amps. Thats watts/volts=amps. if you pulg without checking the line load you might strat triping fuses. you'll know soon enough. what about fans? same pug ins?

might be able to just look at the box and get an idea of whats going where.

One 1000 watt ballast is equal to 8 amps (normal metal halide or HPS,not sure about the new fancy electronic ones), so therefore running two 1000 watters on one outlet requirs a good 20 amp wiring configuration.

Keep in mind the typical home has one 15 amp drop to each room (not even that usually), that in turn is daisy chained to the other outlets in the room (or rooms). If thats all you have, then plan on adding a new curcuit breaker to the panel, and running another drop to the room, or two to be even happier

I had that problem, and lucky for me I don't have a land lord, so I just added two new lines to my room. Id trip fuses all day if I hadn't done that.

15a breakers are indeed typical. I ran a 1k hps and 8k btu window shaker off of one circuit. I drilled a hole into the adjacent room and ran a short extension cord to access another circuit. Kinda redneck but that's how I roll. Take a small table lamp and plug into an outlet. Go through your panel breaker by breaker and find the one that shuts it off if it isn't labled. Unplug the lamp and test it in the rest of the outlets in your room. If another is hot, you've got another circuit in there. I wouldn't crawl anywhere to figure that stuff out. Your breaker has the size marked on it.

If you're renting your house then StoneInLove has a great idea, I almost did that at my place. Just get a nicely rated extention cord, they get hot when the amps exceed the extension cords rating. Ive had them melt timers before...fyi

Hmm. Well I have two rooms I could be using. I have a bedroom and one kitchen. I'm pretty sure they are seperated. So 8-9amps per room + a few appliances should be alright? I'm not too keen on circuit breakers and all that, is it expensive to buy and have someone install it? I'm not worrying about hiring a technician to do it

Edit: Appliances would be .50-1 amp oscillating fans (maybe 2), duct fan(s), and a few flourescant bulbs. I'm not going to be using a centrifugal fan for exhaust. I'm looking to purchase a duct fan that blows 600+CFM. (Not as ideal but I can't stand the sound of centrifugals)