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

OzCocoLoco

OzCocoLoco

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710revolution said:
Damn bro, you're brave giving some of these people advice. I can just imagine some shit these guys pull. Ive personally cringed looking at a couple of grows, and felt it in my heart to help sort some shit out before they burn the damn house down lol.
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That was where I was going with my advice I definatly don’t encourage d.i.y electrical wiring,that’s why I suggest guys get modular panels made up by a professional or at least someone with a good knowledge and experience,that way you don’t have to have an outsider do all the wiring at your grow spot just need a supply outlet
 
GodfatherKCCO

GodfatherKCCO

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bricktown73 said:
Hi there fellow RIU'ers... Over and over again I continualy see new threads and posts about electrical work question and thought I would post a couple threads to help you guys the same way all of you who have done such a great job having helped me... So, Do you have a grow room question about how to wire something up, or what are the safest ways of doing things? The most important one I see alot is people running lights and fans off power chords... I have wired my own grow room and will post an example of my work.

Please, if you have any questions and are unsure of what to do or if what you are doing is safe, PLEASE! ask me first if you are even a tad bit unsure. I would hate to hear anyone have an electrical fire because they didn't quite know what they were doing when all they needed to do was to ask a couple of questions... I will do my best to point you in the right direction.

If you want to do some wiring your self, I will either let you know if your project is too complicated if your not handy with electrical, or, IF YOU ASK, I will walk you thru your project step by step.

So please, ASK AWAY!!!

You can post questions here but you may not get your question answerd on the thread, best way to go about it is PM me. You will forsure get a response back.

PS Even if you have basic around the home electrical questions, shoot em my way.
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Great thing you're doing for everybody Brick. I'll be asking questions when I move. I was up there a month ago and didn't really look at the electrical. Pretty sure I'm going to have to change / add some breakers and maybe run some new wiring. I've done it before but an experts opinion is always appreciated. The only things I'm an 'expert' at is steel pole design so I'm not much use to anybody here other than for the occasional grin :D
 
oh really???

oh really???

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I'm setting up another grow and just needed to know the AWG for a 12000 watt light controller. The last two I hired a electrician. I have done my research and it seems that #3/0 is the way to go if I'm running 50ft.

so does #3/0 THHN wire sound good for a 50' run sound right? or can I go with #4/2?
 
firsttimeARE

firsttimeARE

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I built out a small closet to dry in during the winter, the issue is no power in there.

I was planning on running one of those heavy duty meant for outside extension cords into the room and hooking the humidifier up on it. Should be fine. But I also thought I could run clones and veg in there.

Could I then hook up a power strip to the extension cord and run a 260w light and a 25w pump?
 
619kt619

619kt619

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firsttimeARE said:
I built out a small closet to dry in during the winter, the issue is no power in there.

I was planning on running one of those heavy duty meant for outside extension cords into the room and hooking the humidifier up on it. Should be fine. But I also thought I could run clones and veg in there.

Could I then hook up a power strip to the extension cord and run a 260w light and a 25w pump?
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I would not run any kind of lighting in a drying room. Light degrades the quality of the bud.
 
619kt619

619kt619

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firsttimeARE said:
I said i wanna run clones and veg in there when im not drying
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Sorry boss must have skimmed through that part, great idea making that space multipurpose. a 12 awg extension cord should be able to handle a 15 amp load. But I am pretty sure you won't even get close to that load running leds and a fan for circulation. You can load a 20 amp circuit with 1800 watts at 120 volts, or 1440 watts on a 15 amp circuit. Just check the cord temperature and make sure it doesn't get too hot. If it does you need to up the awg of the cord
 
619kt619

619kt619

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firsttimeARE said:
Just wasnt sure if it was ok plugging a powerstrip into an extension cord
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make sure the power strip can handle the load. Don't use a cheap power strip, but you don't need to spend a lot of money. 35-80 bucks for a decent one and most come with equipment coverage in the 10 K -50 K range
 
GodfatherKCCO

GodfatherKCCO

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619kt619 said:
Sorry boss must have skimmed through that part, great idea making that space multipurpose. a 12 awg extension cord should be able to handle a 15 amp load. But I am pretty sure you won't even get close to that load running leds and a fan for circulation. You can load a 20 amp circuit with 1800 watts at 120 volts, or 1440 watts on a 15 amp circuit. Just check the cord temperature and make sure it doesn't get too hot. If it does you need to up the awg of the cord
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If I considered going solar what would it take to run 5 LED lights that are rated at 150W?
 
619kt619

619kt619

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GodfatherKCCO said:
If I considered going solar what would it take to run 5 LED lights that are rated at 150W?
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Wow, that got off topic quickly, love the progression though. However by 'going solar' do you mean your whole home? a system on a home is based on kW. I am sure you could design a system that could be used just to power a "garage" or specific appliances' and what not.

Honestly 750 watts is not that much power. But you could definitely offset the power from your setup with a whole home system and if you got a battery with the panels then you would be set.
 
Mr.Gee

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619kt619 said:
Wow, that got off topic quickly, love the progression though. However by 'going solar' do you mean your whole home? a system on a home is based on kW. I am sure you could design a system that could be used just to power a "garage" or specific appliances' and what not.

Honestly 750 watts is not that much power. But you could definitely offset the power from your setup with a whole home system and if you got a battery with the panels then you would be set.
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I have a qu
619kt619 said:
Wow, that got off topic quickly, love the progression though. However by 'going solar' do you mean your whole home? a system on a home is based on kW. I am sure you could design a system that could be used just to power a "garage" or specific appliances' and what not.

Honestly 750 watts is not that much power. But you could definitely offset the power from your setup with a whole home system and if you got a battery with the panels then you would be set.
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Don’t mean to jump in on your post but I have a question pertaining to solar power if you don’t mind. What would I need to run 10,000 watts of LED on a separate solar panel system? Thanks in advance!
 
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