Will my house burn down?

artwallis

artwallis

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Things are going fine in my grow room construction, but I stopped myself before I plugged everything in last night.

My question is this:

Can I run the following from a single simple wall outlet (with a surge protector):

2 1000 Watt HPS lights

1 6'' CAN fan

1 Aquarium Blower (medium size)

2 standard occilating fans

Or am I begging for a visit from the local fire department?

Thanks!
 
IMO, thats to much. You have to also consider all the other things using that same circuit. As well as the size of the breaker in the main box. It won't get the fire department called, but the curcuit won't stay on long.
 
Just switch out the fuse for a penny. lol jk don't do that at all your house will burn. You need to run some more plugs on a different circuit as you will way overload that 1 plug. you are probably pulling close to 25-30 amps for your setup
 
yea just get extension cords if you need, but run sum dat shit on other outlets(connected to a diff circut). that sovle yo prob
 
now if your worried bout your crib burnin down, keep an eye on those hps.Dunno if youve used em yet. Them bitches get hot ive had bad experiences w em lol
 
an average newer circuit (1970's and up) is a 15 amp breaker...... them 2 1000's are close to 18 amps plus another 3 or 4 amps for your fans and shit .. that will melt your surge protector IF the breaker dont pop first, which it should pop right away with all that running BUT if it dont THEN DO NOT RUN ALL THAT ON ONE CIRCUIT! even if you just go and run a couple of new wires to your electric panel and tape them to the ceiling then thats better than tryin to use any of the excisting plugs in your home! The plug you are useing might already have a bunch of shit running on that circuit.......... FOR YOUR SETUP you need at least 2 dedicated circuits with 12 guage wire and put those on 20 amp breakers in the panel...... plug one of your 1000's into one circuit and the other into the other circuit now put the 2 fans with one of the 1000's and the other fan with the other 1000. (the fish tank bubblers dont use enough to even worry about)
Dedicated circuit= one plug on the whole circuit by itself
most circuits have 6 or 7 plugs AND 3 or 4 lights on one single 15 amp breaker, and you dont wanna plug into one of those circuits! GOOD LUCK!
 
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the max watt per circut varies. hopefully an expert can comment. I do home construction work but im no electrician.
 
wyteboi said:
an average newer circuit (1970's and up) is a 15 amp breaker...... them 2 1000's are close to 18 amps plus another 3 or 4 amps for your fans and shit .. that will melt your surge protector IF the breaker dont pop first, which it should pop right away with all that running BUT if it dont THEN DO NOT RUN ALL THAT ON ONE CIRCUIT! even if you just go and run a couple of new wires to your electric panel and tape them to the ceiling then thats better than tryin to use any of the excisting plugs in your home! The plug you are useing might already have a bunch of shit running on that circuit.......... FOR YOUR SETUP you need at least 2 dedicated circuits with 12 guage wire and put those on 20 amp breakers in the panel...... plug one of your 1000's into one circuit and the other into the other circuit now put the 2 fans with one of the 1000's and the other fan with the other 1000. (the fish tank bubblers dont use enough to even worry about)
Dedicated circuit= one plug on the whole circuit by itself
most circuits have 6 or 7 plugs AND 3 or 4 lights on one single 15 amp breaker, and you dont wanna plug into one of those circuits! GOOD LUCK!
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Thanks for the details!!:clap:
 
the "max" you can put on one circuit depends on the guage of the wire / size of the breaker ...
the max you want to use on one circuit is 75% of the breaker (ex. use no more than 15 amps on a 20 amp breaker )
if you have 14 guage wire then you have to use a 15 amp breaker, if you use 12 guage wire then u need a 20 amp breaker , if u use 10 guage wire you need a 30 amp breaker (you will probably never use bigger than a 12 g wire)
a 1000 watt light at 120volts is around 9 amps and those fans should have stickers on them that tell you how many amps they use .
hope that helps!
 
wyteboi said:
the "max" you can put on one circuit depends on the guage of the wire / size of the breaker ...
the max you want to use on one circuit is 75% of the breaker (ex. use no more than 15 amps on a 20 amp breaker )
if you have 14 guage wire then you have to use a 15 amp breaker, if you use 12 guage wire then u need a 20 amp breaker , if u use 10 guage wire you need a 30 amp breaker (you will probably never use bigger than a 12 g wire)
a 1000 watt light at 120volts is around 9 amps and those fans should have stickers on them that tell you how many amps they use .
hope that helps!
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It does, very much. Thank you!
 
wyteboi is the only guy who got it right on this whole post, i would run either dual 15's one for each light or a 30.....just for the lights, then the rest of your stuff is low watt shit for the most part so the pumps and shit can be on the outlets supplied to the room but those lights need their own circuit, when you add the new breaker to the pannel i would suggest a dual 15 single flip one, its basicly 2-15 amp breakers in one and both the switches are linked together so if one pops they both go out, these are common on shit like dryers and ovens that run 220, basicly if you are popping breakers it means there is something wrong in your wiring so i prefer this kind of breaker
 
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