In getting everything set up for the coming season, I start stuff indoors to get the jump. I was doing some research since I will be using some new equipment this year. This year, I have a Lumigrow Pro650 and a 100w T5 fixture. I have a Killawatt used to measure the draw and calculate costs. I'll be running these somewhere around 18h a day. The Pro650 uses about 7.5amps on full, but can be turned down to consume as low as 3amps (obviously not as powerful at that level) The T5 is about 1...so a total under 9 amps potential on a 120v 15a circuit. I dont usually run fans or anything else as the Pro650 has very powerful active cooling via two 90mm fans that eliminate the need for that.
Anyway, being on a 15a household circuit that shares a computer, I think the room light and ceiling fan that are probably not much and I know that a constant draw should only be 80% of the rated circuit, which I'll be under, would everyone consider this safe? I think its on 14/2 wire on the circuit which would be code. I'm sure some people around here have run multiple 400 or 600 watt hps lights on a similar circuit. Does the typical household circuit support that safely? That just seems like a lot of constant amps to be drawing whereas if you're in the 1000w territory, you're supposed to run it on a dedicated 240v. I guess the fridge pulls 7a on the kitchen circuit, but I dont think thats "constant" as it runs less than an hour at a time.
J
Anyway, being on a 15a household circuit that shares a computer, I think the room light and ceiling fan that are probably not much and I know that a constant draw should only be 80% of the rated circuit, which I'll be under, would everyone consider this safe? I think its on 14/2 wire on the circuit which would be code. I'm sure some people around here have run multiple 400 or 600 watt hps lights on a similar circuit. Does the typical household circuit support that safely? That just seems like a lot of constant amps to be drawing whereas if you're in the 1000w territory, you're supposed to run it on a dedicated 240v. I guess the fridge pulls 7a on the kitchen circuit, but I dont think thats "constant" as it runs less than an hour at a time.
J