easy electricity question about my breaker

[MatanuskaValley]

I live in an apt. my grow room is hooked in to a 15 amp breaker... what watt light would I be able to run here? Keep in mind I will have a fan also but not much else I'm using soil.

 

[lemonjellow]

hps lights are about 4 amps for a 600w and 8 or 9 amps for a 1000w. add that with the amount of amps your fan uses , hopefully i will be less than 15.

 

[golddog]

watts / volts = amps

You only want to use 80% of rated amperage so

15 * .8 = 12 amps to use safely

400 / 120 = 3.33

600 /120 = 5

1000 /120 = 8.3

An Example

400 watt hps
100 watt Fan Exhaust
30 watt circulating Fan
15 watt timer

545 /120 = 4.54

Then you need to determine what else is on the circuit.

Peace -

 

[smokintreez]

about 12 amps or 1440 watts is safe for that circuit

 

[smokintreez]

sometimes I think its easier to add the wattages of equipment to find the load. 15 amp should have no more than 1440 watts through it at any time.

 

[MatanuskaValley]

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[MyGTO2007]

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[IAm5toned]

about 12 amps or 1440 watts is safe for that circuit

he said it first...

 

[Love1Fear]

15 amp is the max load 13 is the amperage u can use on a consistent load u can bare on that circuit.