Electrical question! Please help

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Coffeenaut

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Ok so we have a room that I have an electrician installing 3 230 watt breakers with 3 dedicated 240 watt plugs. As we couldnt tell him exactly why we need the extra power for growing tomatoes indoors (had to tell him we were putting in a gym), we couldn't exactly ask our question:

Should we self install 240v plugs or leave it as is?



Specs:
1-2 pole 230v CB 20 amp
2-1 pole 230v CB 20 amp

Thank you for any insight :)
 
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imchucky666

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If he is running the Romex for you, it shouldn't be too much more to install boxes for you too, and that way you will insure that your polarity is correct also, unless you know what you are doing.
If you have him do it though, make sure you get the right boxes so you don't end up running adaptors or something for your plugs.
 
deejay123

deejay123

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Coffeenaut said:
Ok so we have a room that I have an electrician installing 3 230 watt breakers with 3 dedicated 240 watt plugs. As we couldnt tell him exactly why we need the extra power for growing tomatoes indoors (had to tell him we were putting in a gym), we couldn't exactly ask our question:

Should we self install 240v plugs or leave it as is?



Specs:
1-2 pole 230v CB 20 amp
2-1 pole 230v CB 20 amp

Thank you for any insight :)
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he should of just installed another ring main with a 32A breaker you would of been fine then
 
MRGanja12

MRGanja12

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because its only for 2 plants and its not inside a massive grow box its perfect for 2 autos so thats why i dont wana go puting in a 1000w cause the heat would just kill em
 
deejay123

deejay123

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MRGanja12 said:
because its only for 2 plants and its not inside a massive grow box its perfect for 2 autos so thats why i dont wana go puting in a 1000w cause the heat would just kill em
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ah i see...well for autos in a very small room i woulda thought so yes? do u not have good ventilation? could you not get away with a 400W?
 
MRGanja12

MRGanja12

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yes amazing vent :D which i riged up out of hardrive fans but dont want to grow very amazeing (stinky bud) my plant already stink and they are only 3-4 weeks old and smell better than bud which is cured :P
 
deejay123

deejay123

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MRGanja12 said:
yes amazing vent :D which i riged up out of hardrive fans but dont want to grow very amazeing (stinky bud) my plant already stink and they are only 3-4 weeks old and smell better than bud which is cured :P
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y would you not wanna grow stinky bud? thats what we do it for...ha! have u not got a carbon filter to get rid of the smell?
 
MRGanja12

MRGanja12

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its pointless for the size of the grow and im new to all this i am going to be usein carbon filers and hps once this grow is over cause this is my taster of geting into bud then i go bigger :D
 
deejay123

deejay123

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MRGanja12 said:
its pointless for the size of the grow and im new to all this i am going to be usein carbon filers and hps once this grow is over cause this is my taster of geting into bud then i go bigger :D
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if your not botherd about yield then go for the CFLs then bro, personally i dont think there good enough for flower
 
MRGanja12

MRGanja12

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well as i said this is my taste into growing next grow i am going to be using proper stuff ie carbon filers hid hps and hydro but one thing i dont understand is all this stuff about hps and hid which is better
 
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Coffeenaut

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Thank you all for your opinions and advice! I really appreciate it, we have everything else worked out and plants ready, just the little electrical issue :3
 
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