1200 watts on one breaker too much?
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NEONKINEBUDZ
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What amp breaker? Also...is that the only thing on it?
Rancho Cucamonga
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No. I have ran two 600s on a 15 amp breaker for years. On a 10 amp you'd have issues. I always like to have a 1-2 amp buffer.
NEONKINEBUDZ
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Should be good to go...to convert watts to amps take the number of watts divided by volts...so if u live in a modern home, more than likely 110v...1200/110= 10.9 You want to keep your load less than 80% of the breaker load to be safe. You are about an amp under that so you should be good to go.
doubletake
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So would you guys say 2 600s is the most and 3 is just to much?
Figong
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1200w/120v = 10a * 1.2 = bare minimum requirement including 20% buffer = 12 15-12= 3A free after 20% factor and 2 600w lights.. well more than an amp under.
Figong
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For a 15A? definitely 2 600s tops.. 3 would be 18.2A after 20% overhead to avoid fatigue/stress/failure.. and wouldn't go with less than 20A for 3 of them.
doubletake
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Damn so basicly it's pretty hard to set up a good sized grow in a rental because making a dedicated breaker and all that is noticeable and the land lord would probley get pissed, could a light controller make it able to handle it like switch it to 210 so I could do 4 600s with the 20 percent cushion.
Figong
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If you already have a 220v outlet, then sure, you could use light controller and alternate on/off based on setup and lights - otherwise.. you'd need a dedicated 220 to pull it off, and that goes back to the noticeable, and pissed landlord mention.
NEONKINEBUDZ
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I always use 110v to convert because of line drop. To me it is safer to use the lesser of the two. There are probably not very many outlets in a home that are actually at 120v probably closer to 115v. But I am not here to argue. The fact is, two 600w is the most on a 15a. Again, I am not in disagreement at all and I find your posts to be very useful and contain very good information. I just like to be as safe as possible.
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doubletake
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Alright yeah I get it no more then 2 600s
So to utilize 4 600s though I could run one 4x8 for the 12 hrs during the day and another 4x8 the other 12 hrs kinda like flip flopping it
So to utilize 4 600s though I could run one 4x8 for the 12 hrs during the day and another 4x8 the other 12 hrs kinda like flip flopping it
drolove
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ya if your gonna have 2 flower rooms running
or you could just run 2 on 1 breaker and the other 2 on another breaker.