PLEASE HELP! Electricty issue

Hey guys!

I know I'm new here to the forums but I thought that maybe someone here could help me out it's more of an electrical question so I was wondering if any one knows if each wall outlet supports 15 amps within the same room or is it just the breaker that holds 15 amps to the entire room? Like for instance if I had 4 wall outlets in one room and each supports 1800W then could I have two 1000W lights plugged into different units without the breaker tripping ?

Thanks! Hope to here from someone soon

The breaker determines the load. You could have 2 circuits in that room or just one. You will need to check that out by tripping the breaker and seeing which outlets go dark.

It has tripped before it's just one 15A breaker I was just wondering if each wall outlet would be able to handle like 1000w each for a total of 3000w with all appliances or is my entire room only have 1800w or does each circuit contain that much possible use ?

Like if I had each 1000w on different wall outlets would that possible trip the breaker ?

if you are in america no you cannot put 3x1000w on 1 15amp breaker 1 1000w it about 9 amp you can only have 1 per 15amp breaker

if you are in the uk how ever yes you could be you would be over the 80% recommended load limit

3000w / 125v = 24a

3000w / 250v = 12a

So if your on 125v your gonna have to run an extension cord to a different circuit.

Extension cords are a bad idea...bad advice!

it might help to find out what size wire is feeding those outlets. 14-2 is not rated for over 15 amps. if the wire is 12-2 it is rated for 20 amps. 10-2 is rated for 30 amps

It may be nessary to run some 10-2 wire on a 30 amp breaker. All the supplies can be purchased at home depot or lowes. good luck!!

You've got some options here. Firstly, though, turn off the breaker and see what outlets go out in your room. If it's an older house, chances are you'll lose power in a couple different rooms, or some of the outlets will go and some will be on a different circuit. If it's the latter, you're lucky and you can do option 1, which is change your outlet use. Option 2 is move your grow room to a location with either a higher amperage breaker or more diverse outlet set up. Option 3 is the most dangerous/time consuming. That would be hiring someone to change the breaker to a 20 amp, and that should (somewhat) solve your problem. I do not recommend you do this yourself. It's not difficult to swap out a breaker, but it's also potentially deadly as it involves removing the panel cover, and getting near the voltage coming into your home. One slipped screwdriver and you could get fried, in the bad way.

Oh, and don't use extension cords, as Ou8 already stated. It's a potential fire hazard, and will unnecessarily draw attention to your grow space if you're trying to keep it on the d/l.

Good luck!

My House: 3 outlets in different rooms = all on the same 15A Breaker - You've got to determine which breakers control which outlets.

I used to use extension cords from all over the house. Then I just ponied up and bought a box that could handle everything. Now I have 50 amps. of usable power all in my grow room. This thing also has a digital ammeter that shows actual amp draw in real time. No more guessing. All it took was running a wire from your electric box to your room. In my case I had to run through the attic(bitch) but now I am set. I feel like have a full power grid right in your grow room. This box also has a built in timer, which is very handy,(no or cheap plug in timers, and now I can run 240v ballast which use less amps I picked up mine used on E-bay. Totally worth it.