Tripping Circut Breakers

[groputillor]

I keep tripping the circut breakers in the whole house, wtf?? I'm not exactly running a giant op here.

In one little double socket deally I have my 400 watt hps and a small fan plugged into a timer, the timer's plugged into a surge protector, and that's plugged into the wall. Then there is another small fan plugged into the other one of the sockets on that double socket deally.

In another little double socket deally, I have my 1050 watt AC unit (I'm spoiled with how cold I like my room when I sleep) in one, and the 175 cfm fan in the other (I don't know the wattage but it can't be too high).

 

[Wolfrick]

I keep tripping the circut breakers in the whole house, wtf?? I'm not exactly running a giant op here.

In one little double socket deally I have my 400 watt hps and a small fan plugged into a timer, the timer's plugged into a surge protector, and that's plugged into the wall. Then there is another small fan plugged into the other one of the sockets on that double socket deally.

In another little double socket deally, I have my 1050 watt AC unit (I'm spoiled with how cold I like my room when I sleep) in one, and the 175 cfm fan in the other (I don't know the wattage but it can't be too high).

Well your 400 watt ballast pulls about 4.2 amps, all the fans are usually between .07 and 1 amp, and the AC pulls about 8.75 amps (1050watts). The AC really should be on its own dedicated 15-20 amp circuit to protect against overloading. Even a small grow should have two 20 amp circuits. I'd suggest getting a friend (who knows his way around in a panel) to do an amp draw of the circuits being used. This will aid in dividing the load to prevent tripping.

 

[groputillor]

Well your 400 watt ballast pulls about 4.2 amps, all the fans are usually between .07 and 1 amp, and the AC pulls about 8.75 amps (1050watts). The AC really should be on its own dedicated 15-20 amp circuit to protect against overloading. Even a small grow should have two 20 amp circuits. I'd suggest getting a friend (who knows his way around in a panel) to do an amp draw of the circuits being used. This will aid in dividing the load to prevent tripping.

Thanks I know just the guy and now I know what I need him to do.