bobby j

Oh I forgot to answer all your questions.... I have a 50 amp 220 circuit breaker in the panel I am using #3 wire to the panel from the main box.. this can carry over 100 amps easy... I have 6 seperate receptacles hooked up to a 50 amp timer connected to the panel so when the timer goes off all the recpetacles would go off... any more lights I would have to change the setup a little and add a contactor... I hope you know the electrician because with that many lights you would need to run some heavy wire...Probably want to know why you needed 220 in a room.... You could always tell him it is a spare room and you wanted to hook up a dryer in there? Hell I don't know..... Otherwise you could have him rub extra 20 amp circuits... Is there any room left in your main panel? Let me know...

Using 6 1000w ballasts on one circuit requires the appropriate sized wire.... Most 1000 w ballasts draw 8 amps at 120 volts...and 4 amps at 220 so on your 20 amp circuit you are looking at 2 ballasts at 16 amps and that doesn't leave you much room for other equipment.... How far away is your room from the panel?

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