Safety Question

peter berger · Sep 4, 2015

Hi everyone quick question. Is it safe to plug two ballasts into one power strip? The wattage of the ballasts are 250w and 400w and the strip itself is plugged into a surge protector. Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.
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justugh · Sep 5, 2015

peter berger said:
Hi everyone quick question. Is it safe to plug two ballasts into one power strip? The wattage of the ballasts are 250w and 400w and the strip itself is plugged into a surge protector. Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.

just make sure it is a good power strip not a cheap one ........the watts are not what matter it is the amps u should be ok i done 2 600w on same one same breaker

just what how much u plug into that breaker

haulinbass · Sep 5, 2015

I never plug ballasts into power bars, straight to the receptical with my 400, anything bigger runs on my 240v controller.

Gquebed · Sep 5, 2015

A 1000w ballast runs at about 8amps and spikes to 10amps when firing up. So dont do two of those. Two 600w ballasts would be pushing it a little as they spike to about 8amp when firing up and i think most power bars are 15 amp.

patrickkawi37 · Sep 5, 2015

A lot of hydro Stores have strips that are rated for higher amperage . I suggest getting one of these and not using the 6 dollar white ones from Home Depot

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