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hey nate im taking on a similar adventure not quite the scale you are but im trying to run 4 600w lights, AC, fans, filter, etc. I am still in the process of tracking down the proper Loadcenter for my application, my question though is how are you running a 100A sub panel off a 60 A bearker...

ok thx cow well i am still planning on building a light controller so it is only temporary it needs to work for a a couple weeks and then ill be in a position to purchase the remaining pieces for my controller. So i guess my question is will this work i dont have anything accept my 1000w light...

So I went to home depot got some wire nuts and put them on the wires for my 240 outlet. I matched the white to white, black to black, ground to ground. I thought i was done and plugged my ballast in to check for power and nothing happened, after bowl or two later i came up with the idea that...

OK so im sorry it took so long but i got the pictures of the heater wiring and i found a 240 plug and some romex so what do you guys think is this do able?

hey snicklefritz if your running everything on 240 and you have a 50amp breaker powering your box i think you would be fine. Im not asking this to sound rude but do you know the calculation to figure out what your total draw is? (watts/volts= Amps) so you say you have 6 1000 watt lights thats...

How did it come out you should post some pics

ok duely noted thank you i was thinking of going with the 240 outlets i dont mind paying for a them its just i have seen alot of the 120 outlets on the "name brand" boxes and wasnt sure thanks for the input foxnews lol

so im looking at plugs for my load center that my ballast will be plugging into im wondering if http://www.hydroponics.net/i/135329 are usable or do i need http://www.hydroponics.net/i/132744? I only need 2 outlets currently but may purchase 2 so i have a total of 4 outlets. I am wondering...

I will get the wires out of the heater and take a few pics and you can make an assessment from there i think the heater idea would be good but then again i agree that running a whole new wire would be better im just not sure how it would work i have some things to think about ill get back to you...

yeah my luck isnt that good madcow ha ha ha. well the only issue with running a new line is that the main load center is on the opposite side of the house so i would almost have to either run the line threw the house or up and over or under and i would rather not have a live electrical wire...

can you post some links to the breakers you are talking about so i can have a visual reference

Well that was the intended idea but im also trying to make this cost effective but i dont wanna sacrifice saftey over money

but the room has a heater in it and someone threw out the idea of running the main line off that wiring and breaker and since its already there hook my load center up to that, but thats why i was asking about mabye replacing the breaker for a stronger one.

well ok then let me throw this one at you what if i unplugged the breaker attached to that heater and replaced it with a 30A that would work as long as i dont exceed the maximum main breaker right?

so just had an interesting turn of events my 1000w bulb just exploded in my flowering room for some reason the only thing that i can think of is the surge on start up popped the bulb but now i have glass melted into my carpet it burned threw the tarp i had covering the floor :( oh well all the...

Yeah its electrical heating and thats a really good idea to use the heater power considering I dont use them at all. OK so with this new suggestion i know that the heaters are all on 20A breakers so hypothetically if this was a option i chose to use how would i make it all work off of one 20A...

Ok so ive been looking on homedepots web site and am having troubles figuring out which breakers to exactly use. I did however come across this load center and breaker combo, what do you think will this work...

i cant go out and look now because its dark but tommorow ill go out and take pics of the main panel but bearing in mind i dont have that info at this current sec i was thinking of going with a 70 to 100 amp main breaker load center and was going to go with two 15 amp breakers and 1 possibly 2 20...

Ok i think i get it instead of runnine two 120 lines off the breaker you run 1. Also i was wondering what is the best type of relay & timer i should use has anyone had good sucess with a certain brand and or model?

I guess my question is If the main like coming in is 240 i plan on hooking into my dryer vent, can i hook up the 8 120 plugs to that without frying things