Experienced Electrician! Here to Answer Any and All Growroom Electrical Questions

[wyteboi]

I want to know the cons about them then I will be calling an electrician because I can't risk burning my house down

No cons with a new breaker panel except the electricians fee!




soil

 

[BigBudBalls]

I have natural gas at my house could i use this to run my grow set up 3 tents 4x4x6.5 with a total of 3000 watts of leds and aero pumps and fans within them.

How? natural gas can run a generator to produce the electricity (but less efficiently. Any time you change energy mediums, you have a loss)
Can us it for a heater if the room is too cold (but that's a rarity)

 

[oakley1984]

How? natural gas can run a generator to produce the electricity (but less efficiently. Any time you change energy mediums, you have a loss)
Can us it for a heater if the room is too cold (but that's a rarity)

haha my rooms too cold, and at only 60sq ft with 3000w of light running and a 1500w baseboard, living in the north sucks!

 

[wyteboi]

dont listen to these people because i Highly doubt any of them took even 1/2 a second to google your ballast...

apparently that 1/2 second wasnt quite enough......



This thread is a very helpful and useful. You and me both know why these folks prefer to do their own work, so our job is to help them do so without blowin their selves up.

There is absolutely no reason at all for you to come here and disrespect all the folks willing to give out info for free to hundreds of people.

I thought i might have missed a link to a ballast but it looks like you were googling things that didnt exist.

If you would like to sit and help all these folks then subscribe to the thread an pitch in ..... if not , dont say nothing at all.




soil

 

[oakley1984]

apparently that 1/2 second wasnt quite enough......



This thread is a very helpful and useful. You and me both know why these folks prefer to do their own work, so our job is to help them do so without blowin their selves up.

There is absolutely no reason at all for you to come here and disrespect all the folks willing to give out info for free to hundreds of people.

I thought i might have missed a link to a ballast but it looks like you were googling things that didnt exist.

If you would like to sit and help all these folks then subscribe to the thread an pitch in ..... if not , dont say nothing at all.




soil

really, so your going to tell me that a prior post of telling the person to open up his ballast and just rewire it to the 120v tap is sound advice? how does the person know if its a single or multi tap ballast?

this is NOT sound electrical practice, despite my attitude.... my point remains correct.

 

[wyteboi]

pretty simple question here. I want to add a sub panel for my room. I am wanting to have 4, 20amp circuits. I also want room to add another 20 if not a 30amp in the future, all on this sub panel. My service is 100 amps. Can I run a 50 amp sup panel to power 4 x 20amp and 1 x 30amp breakers? If so, What gauge wire would I use to run for the 50 amp sub panel if I want to put the sub right next to the main. The run of large wire wire be less than 10 feet, around 5. Happy to give more info if needed. thanks in advance

well 4 20's and 1 30 = 110 amps , so you can not run a 50 amp sub to get what you want. You would have to upgrade your "main" service to at least 200amps.
are you really gonna use the full 110 amps?





soil

 

[oakley1984]

well 4 20's and 1 30 = 110 amps , so you can not run a 50 amp sub to get what you want. You would have to upgrade your "main" service to at least 200amps.
are you really gonna use the full 110 amps?





soil

technically, Yes.
4x20a 120v circuts is a 40a 240v load, so yes... 4x20a circuts is most definitely possible off a 50a sub panel, however the 30a plug would be pushing that over the edge.

 

[wyteboi]

you should be able to convert the ballast over to 120 , that would be the easiest route to take....

This was my response ..... nice an simple.

i didnt tall no one to open anything up.

Obviously, IF that person needs help then they will ask the next question to get the process started , but most folks do not even come back after the first post , that is the reason my answer was so simple.

Look these folks (the ones who truly need us) appreciate the hell outta people like you that are willing to help, but things like "dont listen to them" just causes way more confusion an upsets the ones who try to help.

We have some really good electricians on this thread.

here , hit this ............now lets move on.






soil

 

[oakley1984]

This was my response ..... nice an simple.

i didnt tall no one to open anything up.

Obviously, IF that person needs help then they will ask the next question to get the process started , but most folks do not even come back after the first post , that is the reason my answer was so simple.

Look these folks (the ones who truly need us) appreciate the hell outta people like you that are willing to help, but things like "dont listen to them" just causes way more confusion an upsets the ones who try to help.

We have some really good electricians on this thread.

here , hit this ............now lets move on.






soil

*laughs*
it wasnt your post i was referring to; but way to call me out n make me look like a jackass >.>

 

[stumps]

How many 600w lights can you run on a 30 amp breaker? I figured out 4 with amps to spare. oh 120v

 

[wyteboi]

General Question. How many watts can I run in my house before I blow something? Lets say in a room... I'm sure I will need to provide you details just lemme know.

Yea we will need a lot more details.

How many amps is your main breaker in the panel ?
How many devices are on the same circuit you want to use?
How many watts do you need?
A general residential circuit is 15 or 20 amps , but you have to know for sure before you start makin changes.




soil

 

[wyteboi]

How many 600w lights can you run on a 30 amp breaker? I figured out 4 with amps to spare. oh 120v

5 with 5 amps to spare. Try not to ever run more then 80% of the breaker capacity. (24 amps on a 30 so yea 4 would be better but 5 would not hurt anything.)



soil

 

[woodsmaneh!]

I have some 110 1000w ballast and was told you can switch them to 220 by changing a wire inside, do you know anything about this?

Thanks

 

[wyteboi]

I have some 110 1000w ballast and was told you can switch them to 220 by changing a wire inside, do you know anything about this?

Thanks

Some ballast are multi-tap and some can not be changed. If its a multitap then it can be wired to 240 instead of 120 , but you can not get a true 240 out of a regular single phase panel. (home panel)

Plus you can't gain anything by going to 220 (except the amount of lights per wire) but it wont help the bill any.

If you could post a pic or write down the specs on the ballast then we can help you switch to 220 if you want to.






soil

 

[woodsmaneh!]

I'll post some pics, I want to go 220 as it is easier to run 4 1000w and a chiller and 2 pumps off a 50A 220 than 5 110 boxes. Make my own 50a panels with HD timer. The brown box on the bottom is 110, I usualy have a spring loaded cover for the 110 and it is clearly marked. For my own use only as I am not qualified to do work for others.

 

[stumps]

The dude had a 100amp service to a shop. was guessing 3 phase. also do the ballast use more amps when starting up? I didn't know thats why I went with 4.

 

[wyteboi]

I would need to see the ballast you want to convert. Some ballast can not be converted , some multitaps can not be ran off a home panel. (single phase) And then i think some of the newer ballasts can be run off a single phase service.

If you do not have a pic , i need some specs. the wires inside the ballast case should be marked (110, 220, 277, ect..) If so we can go from there.





soil

 

[wyteboi]

The dude had a 100amp service to a shop. was guessing 3 phase. also do the ballast use more amps when starting up? I didn't know thats why I went with 4.

The magnetic ballast pull a lil more on startup but 4 would be fine. I am pretty sure none of the digital ballast use extra amps on startup.




soil

 

[NWMED]

What is the best way to wire these? I tried wiring a standard plug and nothing happened. They have a diagram (see pics) its all Greek to me.

 

[Wolfhound]

well as I see it you would be a total fool to open up any electrical equipment without knowing what you are doing . . . Good advice . . . know what you are doing !