Experienced Electrician! Here to Answer Any and All Growroom Electrical Questions

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 21, 2014

SnapsProvolone said:
Ill let scoob get this one he seems to know it all and I gotta go fuck my wife before she falls asleep waiting on me.

don't worry, she's asleep when you fuck her anyway.

SnapsProvolone · Jan 22, 2014

ScoobyDoobyDoo said:
says the guy who has none. I've got watches that cost more than your car. cars that cost more than your house. and boats that cost more than you'll make in a lifetime.

while your trolling the internet this week come follow me as i'm fishing in the Los Suenos Triple Crown. Live scoring (http://www.lstournaments.com/).

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Pics prove nothing. I could go posting pics of the moon, doesn't even mean I've been there much less own it.

SnapsProvolone · Jan 22, 2014

SpaaaceCowboy said:
Hey Snaps, I am about ready to wire up my cabinet.....I could have up to 36 cfls (23 to 26 watts each), 4 t5 HO (unsure of wattage yet - possibly 40-something watts each though), 1 80 cfm bathroom fan, and probably some pc fans goin' in there too.....

Question: I have some extension cord laying around that I was going to use to power it...Unsure of gauge...Though one is orange and appears to be rather average, and another is blue/maroonish I think, and is a bit heavier.....Can I get by using one of these extension cords to power this cab ? Or should I be using two extension cords ?

thanks, SC

I guess scooby can't help.

Sum up your wattages and divide by voltage to get amperage.

#14 cord is rated at 15 amps. I think your gonna be at or over 12. Thats 80% of a 15 amp breaker so probably best to split the load on two circuits in your home using both cords.

Of course I am sure someone here will disagree.

SnapsProvolone · Jan 22, 2014

And Scooby, i will believe your so very wealthy when you make a verified and sizable donation to this site. Something like 10,420 usd should prove your point that you have money to burn. At least sending some of your Peter Pan money this way would help offset your presence. Thanks and have a nice day pretender.

East Coast · Jan 22, 2014

Like your style scooby - I hope you applied to Google Earth to blur your pad, with all those pictures of your outdoor set up etc......it will stick out like a sore thumb.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

SnapsProvolone said:
Pics prove nothing. I could go posting pics of the moon, doesn't even mean I've been there much less own it.

15 minutes to fuck the wife? wow, no wonder she's asleep during sex.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

SnapsProvolone said:
I guess scooby can't help.

Sum up your wattages and divide by voltage to get amperage.

#14 cord is rated at 15 amps. I think your gonna be at or over 12. Thats 80% of a 15 amp breaker so probably best to split the load on two circuits in your home using both cords.

Of course I am sure someone here will disagree.

I've made a conscious choice here on riu, as soon as I see the words, cabinet, cfl, miracle grow, and a few other I just walk away and let wanna bees like you deal with the questions.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

East Coast said:
Like your style scooby - I hope you applied to Google Earth to blur your pad, with all those pictures of your outdoor set up etc......it will stick out like a sore thumb.

Google earth images of Costa Rica are at least 5 years old.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

SnapsProvolone said:
And Scooby, i will believe your so very wealthy when you make a verified and sizable donation to this site. Something like 10,420 usd should prove your point that you have money to burn. At least sending some of your Peter Pan money this way would help offset your presence. Thanks and have a nice day pretender.

duh, can't you read. $3500 in gift certificates in the last year. $5000 on 2 occasions too FDD's family.

https://www.rollitup.org/toke-n-talk/605705-im-donating-5000-fdd2blks-family.html

https://www.rollitup.org/toke-n-talk/646707-im-donating-another-5000-fdd.html

damn you are a bitter old fuck. get off the computer and stop posting 20 times a day. go mix it up in the real world yoo outta work wanna be electrician. you get angry and bitter at someone who has money; I see someone who's rich and for the most part i'm happy for them; unless they got rick by using child labor or something. you're just like most lazy ass motherfuckers who just can't do...so they hate.

i'll leave you with some pics just to piss you off this morning...cause money don't buy you happiness but it sure does buy you a ton of other cool shit... :weed:

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ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

you know have my permission to be a jealous bitch. :mrgreen:

BarnBuster · Jan 22, 2014

So, it looks like the tourney starts today, Scoob? Are billfish catch and release? Good luck and keep those pics coming for us dreamers!

Nookies · Jan 22, 2014

ScoobyDoobyDoo said:
everyone in this thread knows i'm a man of my word. I just gave away $2500 in free gift certificates. gave away $1000 last year. gave $10k to a member who's family really needed it. if you can prove a way that I can get caught stealing electricity here in costa rica (without actually ratting me out somehow) then i'll give you $5,000 cash. sounds like you could use it.

I'm poor and need an extra 250 bucks to get the last remaining items for my grow. COUGH COUGH (legit though, entire family is on SSN. Legit SSN, not the 'im too lazy to work leech mode SSN') COUGHS <3

PS: Fuck you im jelly and man enough to admit it..I wish I could have a big ass house in a beautiful country

PPS: Just image googled 'costa rican girls' .....fuck you x2. :O

augusto1 · Jan 22, 2014

SnapsProvolone said:
Transformer load calculations assume that most homes only use a small fraction of their service ampacity and if drawing more intermittently they assume other services on same xfmr won't be doing so at that instant. The kW rating on a xfmr is usually an all day 100% duty, it may handle more for a period.

Its a residential service not commercial.

Here, where its legal, the poco will drop a 400/320 continuous service for you. They love to sell power.

So in other words it is not posible to use (12) 1000 Watts ballast and (2) 5 tons a/c (4) wall fans and two in line exhaust fans plus daily basis use of the house with a 25kva transformer?

Thanks in advance.

joe macclennan · Jan 22, 2014

ok, so I had to google costa rican girls too. apparently the appropriate term is ticas not chicas....me bad

augusto1 · Jan 22, 2014

ScoobyDoobyDoo said:
I steal power. I have two 200amp panels that are fed with 4/0 aluminum urd cable that is welded to the busbar. runs my grow, pool, welding equipment, hot water heaters, a/c, kitchen, washer./dryer, whole workshop, backyard lighting, pressure booster pumps, filtration equipment, sprinkler system, air purification system, outdoor kitchen, etc... Been doing it for years on all of my private homes. Down here the electric company has no way on knowing. Just tapped right into the meter main unit after they installed the service drop and welded 2 sets of 4/0 directly to the busbar. hid the conduit in the column behind the meter main and branch units. I have two 200 amp meters for my entire house and my electric bill is about $60 a month on a 4000 square foot house on 7 acres. Costa Rica is awesome.

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Are you running all of that from the 15kva transformer that you mention ?

How many lights and watts are them in your grow room ?

How many a/c which what capacity ?

Thanks In Advance.

SnapsProvolone · Jan 22, 2014

Don't think I would take electrical advice from a Costa Rican. They didn't adopt an electrical code until 2012. Apparently lots of handymen there that think they know what is right and wrong.

http://www.atenasconstruction.com/2013/03/21/475/

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

BarnBuster said:
So, it looks like the tourney starts today, Scoob? Are billfish catch and release? Good luck and keep those pics coming for us dreamers!

tourney starts tomorrow. fish half a day today and then there is a cocktail hour and the captain's meeting. you can follow the progress live on www.lstournaments.com there is a link that has live updates and even a live stream of the radio call ins.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

augusto1 said:
Are you running all of that from the 15kva transformer that you mention ?

How many lights and watts are them in your grow room ?

How many a/c which what capacity ?

Thanks In Advance.

they use pole mount oil filled transformers here. I think the one for my house is a 50kVa. might be 25kVa. I'll have to check next time I go home. I'm the only house on the transformer though.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

SnapsProvolone said:
Don't think I would take electrical advice from a Costa Rican. They didn't adopt an electrical code until 2012. Apparently lots of handymen there that think they know what is right and wrong.

http://www.atenasconstruction.com/2013/03/21/475/

you really are just fucking clueless. born and raised in NY. 2 bachelors degrees and an MBA. worked in Manhattan for 4 years at an investment bank. only moved to Costa Rica 8 years ago. don't even have any latin blood in me.

but keep talking...the more you do the better I look. like I said before...pics or it didn't happen. you have no pics, no experience, and no knowledge. I can post receipts from our distributors in the U.S., pics of our projects, and pics of anything else. you just sit there chirping away with nothing to bring to the table but a transfer switch for your generator that your electrician installed.

you spend all day on RIU...I build high end homes with my own money, sportfish, and travel the world. please continue your jealous rants. it's amusing to me.

ScoobyDoobyDoo · Jan 22, 2014

joe macclennan said:
ok, so I had to google costa rican girls too. apparently the appropriate term is ticas not chicas....me bad

the women here are beautiful!!! Tica is for a girl. Tico for a guy.

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