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What a beautiful girl Sammie is. Nice and pregnant xD
 
GrowchyzGardenOfGreen said:
Thanks Sam I hope so, figuratively speaking. Lol I've been working on the electric so that was kinda funny timing .
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LOL... Then that is kinda funny. No ill wishes from it. I guess with everyone building their own lights I better choose my words a little more carefully around here. Should't have a problem though. All the scary stuff is happening inside the driver. Your just getting power in and out of it. As long as your connections are solid you shouldn't have any issues. i look forward to watching your demented ways with plants on a larger scale.

I may have missed it but are you going to switch to a RDWC over just your DWC going forward or stick with the simplicity of the DWC? Reason I ask is that I have thought about going that route in the fall and both systems have advantages and disadvantages.
 
Thanks Toast, can't wait to test the buds out ..

I mean I was running a home run, dedicated 20 amp for the closet lol I'm not worried as I always shit off the circuit before working on it. After getting hit with 277 on a 30amp line I don't play around. I will keep it single DWC and just do more buckets, I'll be doing multiple strains so I want to be able to give them each what they require without sacrificing the health of any of the other gals.
 
Do you know how many actual watts and amps i can run on a 15 amp breaker.. i think its 15 amps, may be 20 not sure they arent labled. But i blew one in my kitchen running a george foreman and the microwave on the same breaker. Things are wired weird in this house in my defense lol. Was a total of 2100 watts or more. Does that sound right? How does that equate to amps? What does getting hit with 277 on a 30 amp line mean? Did you get electrocuted?? ..
 
imtoasted said:
Do you know how many actual watts and amps i can run on a 15 amp breaker.. i think its 15 amps, may be 20 not sure they arent labled. But i blew one in my kitchen running a george foreman and the microwave on the same breaker. Things are wired weird in this house in my defense lol. Was a total of 2100 watts or more. Does that sound right? How does that equate to amps? What does getting hit with 277 on a 30 amp line mean? Did you get electrocuted?? ..
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give or take a bit just pretty much at the limits though I definitely wouldn't be adding another 600W light on that breaker lol if it's truly a 15 Amp I'd consider removing a few hundred watts worth from it but I'm thinking you are probably on a 20amp and I still wouldn't recommend adding more because If that really is a 15amp you are more or less maxing it out and if on a 20amp you are not pushing it quiet as hard but still up there. If your breaker ever starts popping from plugging in something low powered definitely consider a change. But again im thinking you may be on a 20amp as its more common for homes (in my opinion) and at 2100 watts you'd already be above the recommended limit for a 15amp so it seems you'd already possibly be experiencing problems just by adding any small amount.
 
2100 W on a 15 amp breaker is only roughly 60% of max load. It should not be a problem. Maybe if like tosted said, things are wired weird, maybe they're also wired bad.
If this 2100 watts are the only watts this breaker receives, than you have roughly 1200 more watts until you max it out. If not, I would not be adding those 600 more :)

All this calculations are made presuming 220 Volts.
 
Katins said:
2100 W on a 15 amp breaker is only roughly 60% of max load. It should not be a problem. Maybe if like tosted said, things are wired weird, maybe they're also wired bad.
If this 2100 watts are the only watts this breaker receives, than you have roughly 1200 more watts until you max it out. If not, I would not be adding those 600 more :)
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I'm referring to a 120V system not a 240V for 120V you just times 15x120 while a 240V you do 15x240.

Now if he is on a 240V system I completely agree and am sorry for not reading further down and seeing what he's using and instead assuming it's 120v.

But yeah I am completely assuming he is on a 120V 20amp breaker which would give him 2400W pretty much. The 15v on a 120 would only give 1800 unless it is a 240V in which case it's 3600 I think.
 
LedGuy74 said:
I'm referring to a 120V system not a 240V for 120V you just times 15x120 while a 240V you do 15x240.

Now if he is on a 240V system I completely agree and am sorry for not reading further down and seeing what he's using and instead assuming it's 120v.
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Yeah, I have corrected my post. Saw a 277 V somewhere, but also did not read down.. .
 
imtoasted said:
Hahaha.. didnt even notice that! .. so i can run close to 1800 true watts from the wall from a 15 amp breaker. Hot damn time to get more lights!! Lol Thanks guys and gals!.
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Just don't forget ventilation and fans can take up a lot of power themselves depending on the sizes they can take up 100-500 watts themselves maybe even more in full sized rooms. Then if you run a dehumidifier or humidifier don't forget to calculate that and everything else being used. Also even a small plug in heater can run 600-1000 watts too if needed.
 
I got hit with 440 once from a starter box feeding a 200 hp electric motor. Knock me a few feet away and all I saw was bright blue before I went out for a minute or so.
 
It felt like getting my hands hit with a shop hammer but it blew me off and didn't grab me. Old timer told me it can better to get hit with higher voltage for that reason.
 
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