General Kush
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anyone know if this would work if i use 1 y splitter and screwed in 2 more y splitters into the 1st y splitter to get 4 bulbs...just a thought...limited on money and i dont want to buy a fancy fixture.
a 4 bulb y splitter!?!
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Sampson jr III
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ive seen it in a picture, but i dont know if i would reccomend it....it might be a fire hazard.......atleast check how many watts you have and how many the light can handle......that will tell you if you cant right off the bat.
BCtrippin
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Yep. I do it all the time. Just make sure you get some good splitters, and NEVER put in more wattage then they are rated for. 4 big 42 w CFLs is well under 200w and the cheap $0.99 splitters I have are rated for 660w.
Also make sure you use a good extension chord and not a lamp. A lot of lamps are rated for single bulbs around 150w.
MurderAlley
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Yeah ive seen it done. If you read on the box of the cfl it should say not to operate more than 25 on one circut so u should be fine doing thative seen it in a picture, but i dont know if i would reccomend it....it might be a fire hazard.......atleast check how many watts you have and how many the light can handle......that will tell you if you cant right off the bat.
General Kush
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okay thank you guys
General Kush
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!!! no problem ive been trying to find a fixture for 4 bulbs and i said hey y not use 3 y-splitters!?
TheDankness
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160 watts on these y splitters is just fine. As stated by someone above they are rated at +/- 660 watts each, so as long as the total circuit power consumption doesn't exceed 600 watts(just to be safe) you will be just fine. I have been running this exact setup(4x42 watt cfl's) for about a year now without any problems.
What kind of socket/ wiring setup are you using? I'm using a shop light that is heavy duty cord, i think it's only rated for like 120w or something though. It doesn't get warm at all so I've left it alone, no problems so far. Do you think I should back off a bit?
BCtrippin
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120w or 120v???
120 seems extremely low for a shop light chord, could be for the socket though, you should double check that.
TheDankness
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Very true, he has to be talking about voltage rating. Isn't it scary that people out there are messing with wiring, and they don't even know this basic info? You should know all about Volts, Amps, Watts, AC, DC, and how they are related before you go burning your house down...120w or 120v???
120 seems extremely low for a shop light chord, could be for the socket though, you should double check that.
I promise your shop light can handle more than 120 watts. A wire the thickness of fishing line could handle 120 watts haha.
I'll have to check the rating guys, hehe I know the differences between voltage, current and resistance (taking electrical techniques next year). I just wanted to make absolutely sure, I'll have to check tomorrow when the lights come on. As I said before, I checked to make sure everything was running cool just to be sure. Just curious as to how much load you guys feel safe to put on one outlet ( both plugs), with a fifteen amp breaker?
BCtrippin
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I wouldnt put more then a single 1000w HID light on a 15 amp breaker. You could run a few thousand watts of regular bulbs or CFLs, but you would need an ampmeter to know how much your using. Theres no real rule for how many CFLs or regular bulbs.
I would double check your shop light chord because I have a lamp sitting beside me here, just a regular house light, but it has a socket rated for only 150w. The same light on the power chord is rated for 300v and 900w.
So I would check the lamp socket on the shop light just to be safe.
Inthesmoke
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These are cool kinda hard to find at stores but pretty cheap online...around 12 bucks
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MurderAlley
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That is a sexy sexy find....im gonna head over to the depot tomorrow an see if they carrey em.
Inthesmoke
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You can try but my home depot in northern cal hadn't seen anything like it when I went and checked. I'll try to find the website link I bought it from...
MurderAlley
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Aw that sucks but im down to order online if i cant find it. I gotta go for some more bulbs tomorrow anyway, but if u run across that website let me kno 4 sure.. Thanks man
General Kush
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just boguht 3 y splitters today, connected it all up and screwed in 4 cfls, it works and its doing great!