power wire guage

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sfgiants

Member

• Jun 11, 2012

• #1

is 10/3 romex sufficient wire for my grow room il be hooking it up to its own breaker (30amp)
here is a list of equipment il be using.

2 1000w air cooled hood with hps/mh digilux bulbs
2 6inch suncourt fans
2 lumatek digital ballast
1 small inline fan for fresh air
2 osculating fans

what il be using is all new 10/3 wire with 30amp breaker and best wall socket money can buy
this will be in a 10x10 new addition with its own breaker spot. what i want to know is this wire sufficient
to handle this load. lmk

 

RawBudzski

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• Jun 11, 2012

• #2

what will the ac / dehumid or heater run on

if you are building a room and its own power, id hope you'd go a little overkill rather than need to add anything in the future.. go 60amps. and you won't need to worry

 

colonuggs

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• Jun 11, 2012

• #3

build a relay... its cheap easy and safer than runing 2-1000 on a wall plug


this one has 4 plugs and a dryer cord but you can make one for 2 plugs thats hardwired ....has a trip cord for the timer

 

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sfgiants

Member

• Jun 11, 2012

• #4

RawBudzski said:

what will the ac / dehumid or heater run on

if you are building a room and its own power, id hope you'd go a little overkill rather than need to add anything in the future.. go 60amps. and you won't need to worry

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what gauge wire would you run? or is mine sufficient enough?

 

RawBudzski

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• Jun 11, 2012

• #5

I am clueless on the subject and can only offer useless info.

 

ScoobyDoobyDoo

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• Jun 11, 2012

• #6

RawBudzski said:

what will the ac / dehumid or heater run on

if you are building a room and its own power, id hope you'd go a little overkill rather than need to add anything in the future.. go 60amps. and you won't need to worry

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i don't think they make a 60amp single pole breaker. i think 40 is the highest.

 

colonuggs

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• Jun 11, 2012

• #7

10 guage is rated for up to 30 amps... just your ballasts will use 19 amps... depending on the size air condi amp wise 5-6 amps...youll have 5 amps for your fans and bs

 

ScoobyDoobyDoo

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• Jun 11, 2012

• #8

you shouldn't put more than 80% of a breaker/wire's rated capacity on the circuit. so for a 30 amp breaker and 10 gauge wire you shouldn't draw more than 24amps on that circuit.

 

RawBudzski

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• Jun 11, 2012

• #9

since were on the subjects of wires... do they make special extension cords for portable ac units? I got one that is 9k btu / 115volt 700watts. Though my window is no where near a outlet.

 

ScoobyDoobyDoo

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2012

• #10

sure budzski, just look for a heavy duty extension cord. it will say on the packaging what wire gauge it has. anything 14 or higher is fine. most outdoor extension cords will be fine. i run a ton of power tools on extension cords with no problems at all.