silusbotwin
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Another thread ruined by a bunch of bickering little girls. Grow the hell up guys. Just walk away and smoke a fatty or something.
Can you put 4, 600 watt lights on a 20 amp circuit?
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Here is a very helpful volts/watts/amps converter that will tell you exactly what amperage you are drawing www.supercircuits.com/resources/tools/Volts-Watts-Amps-Converter ....dont forget ,if you increase the amperage of your circuit breaker, your (wall)wire will most likely need to be upgraded to handle the increased ampereage.
Harrekin
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You realise a 30amp breaker can handle 30amps and a 20amp breaker can handle 20amps...how are you calling the guy dumb for telling you to upgrade your breaker?
You should also probably bear in mind that ballasts when firing a bulb draw over what they state they do for a few moments so if you're pushing max amps you might trip it if your bulbs all fire at once.
A separate question tho, why do the US use 110v instead of 220v?
We use 220v and I can safely run 3520watts with a 20% safety margin included.
You can't switch the breaker to 30 amp unless you are using 8-10 gauge wire. Even then it is unsafe and against building code to use more than 20 amps for normal 110 outlets.
Because I only have a short distance to run, and because my panel box lets me run 2 110 breakers in the same slot as 1 220. I also like the fact that, if I kept everything 110, I could use lights in different rooms if needed (esp. nice for temporary veg / clone setups)