Power outage

Got a question about my power source to my tent... I have my timer directly into the wall which is connected to a extension cord thing with about four other plugs into that. lately my power has been shutting off in the whole room. power to the Tent & also power to the room. the power outlets are being cut off. What can I do to fix this? This seems very dangerous can I catch fire? I need help ASAP. I'm in my 50th day of flower and I'm on a 18\6 light cycle with some autos.
What do I do to prevent a fire or the power outage?

You're overloading the circuit that the "extension cord thing" is plugged into. It's tripping your breakers which is good (meaning that's what is supposed to happen) and cutting off your power. Find another circuit with less things plugged into it or add another circuit dedicated for your grow area (best option).

GroErr said:

You're overloading the circuit that the "extension cord thing" is plugged into. It's tripping your breakers which is good (meaning that's what is supposed to happen) and cutting off your power. Find another circuit with less things plugged into it or add another circuit dedicated for your grow area (best option).

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When you say add another circuit dedicated for my grow area, what do you mean by that?

get an electrician to install another breaker and plug in your room. or do it yourself if you feel capable.
at the very least, run an extension cord from another room that's on a different circuit and plug half of your stuff into that.

Choo2 said:

When you say add another circuit dedicated for my grow area, what do you mean by that?

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Run another 20 Amp romex cable from your circuit breaker box to the grow room. If you have to ask what that means then you will need an electrician to do it for you.

Choo2 said:

When you say add another circuit dedicated for my grow area, what do you mean by that?

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Your electrical panel will have many breakers, each one typically (varies by country) supports up to 15 Amps if using 120v, 20 Amps if using 220v (North America). When you overload a circuit, your breakers will shut off power to avoid issues. That's likely what's happening right now.

Your panel may have open slots/capacity for more breakers. If it does, adding another breaker with it's own cable running to an outlet will give you a dedicated circuit to plug your fans, lights etc. into. Since you don't seem to know much about how electricity works, I'd suggest having an electrician do it for safety, it's not something you want to be playing with if you don't know what you're doing.

Each of my rooms has a dedicated 20 amp breaker. It’s worth it. I was more than capable of doing my own and swapped out a lot of my breakers for low load rooms to double 15 or double 20’s to make extra room in my box.