Help! Breaker Problems!

[boilermaker420]

Any help would be much appreciated

Im in the process of building my new room and with 2 1000w Hps and a 6in fan only; i am blowing the breaker. Thats only the beginning of the room. Any suggestions on what i could do and how i could fix this.
Thanks
A desperate Boilermaker

 

[angelfish8706]

i think most thousand watters are 15 amp pull,so you might have to drop a new line out of the box with a bigger breaker.

 

[angelfish8706]

i had to do the same for my 2 1000 watt lights.

 

[boilermaker420]

Im ok with electrical work. Taken some classes in college. Is this something i can do by myself along with putting in some 240 plugs, or should i call my electrician friends. What has everyone done in this situation?

 

[TheTokingKing]

I tapped into my Dryers 220v for my single 1,000w and it pulls 5.5 amps. The dryer pulls max(on high heat) 30amps. My 220v breaker is 50amp. You can easily wire two 220v ballists into a 50amp 220v breaker. I would use a 30amp 220v breakers for the two ballists.


EDIT: I can run Dryer at high and the 1,000watt at the same time with no prob.

 

[Beelow]

Im ok with electrical work. Taken some classes in college. Is this something i can do by myself along with putting in some 240 plugs, or should i call my electrician friends. What has everyone done in this situation?

If you have no experience working with electricity, i wouldnt recommend it! Just call electrician friend

 

[Auzzie07]

This Old House has a great primer on how install a sub panel, you could peep that.

 

[by the dashboard light]

A general rule of thumb is 1 amp for every 100W. Watts are Watts reguardless of if they come from 240V or 120V so 2 1000W lights will pull 20 amps. Do not install a 12/2 line with a 20A breaker, instead install 2 - 15A lines with 15A breakers using 14/2 wire. I suggest calling an electrician you trust. Besides your ballasts are rated for 120V OR 240V unless you have dual voltage type.

 

[boilermaker420]

Thanks for the advice. I was talking to a friend and he also recommended getting a timer from Lowes and wiring it to the drying socket. He told me this would let me go 240v and get the lower amperage. Does anyone know what kind of timer this would be or could recommend one.

 

[CoralGrower]

I don't know what type of math they are teaching in government schools these days, but watts = amps x volts. Two 1,000 watt lights will draw a minimum of 16.7 amps from a 120 volt source and 8.3 amps from a 240 volt source.

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

I just had an electrician wire up my basement and I told him he could do it however he wanted, whatever was cheapest for me and easy for him. He chose to give me 6 20amp circuits. He said a 20amp can run 2 1000watt lamps and not be overloaded. This cost me $525 but I can plug in virtually anything I want from more lamps to more air conditioners. The peace of mind alone is worth it, but plugging in whatever you need is priceless!