you can replace the breakers w/ larger ones ONLY if the wire is rated for it. -a 14 gauge wire is rated for 15 amps & 12 gauge wire is rated at 20 amps.the size of the wire should be labeled on the wire jacket.I got a little electrical problem..
Here goes:
I grow in my garage.
I have (2) 10amp breakers and 2 lines going out to the garage. Within the finished walls in the garage, I lose it from there. I believe all my grow equipt is run on 1 of these lines/breakers. I run (2) 400w hps/mh lights, (1) 270cfm exaust fan and (1) circulation fan. Its recently been warming up here so I installed a window unit Air Conditioner (5100btu/h - 565watts)
Heres whats now happening.... I have the AC unit set to turn on 3 times a day.. When it does, my hps light goes out. (nothing else)... When it turns back off, the hps then fires back up. If just the fan in the AC unit turns on, this dont happen. If the whole thing, condenser(or whatever you call it) and all turn on.. The hps goes out.
My question.. Can I update my breakers to 10amp or 20 amp. Which would be better? And am I asking for more fire hazards?
Tomorrow, at the begining of the light cycle I plan on moving some plugs around and flipping some breakers to check what breakers control what plugs and see if I can split the power up for both breakers to run the setup.
sounds like when the AC kicks on,the draw is too much & the voltage drops to a level the ballast cant mantain. VERY DANGEROUS!!!! your breaker should trip & going to a larger breaker wont help. find out what breaker controls what outlets & get the AC onto a different breaker. bear in mind that the wire may feed your garage & then go into the house to feed something else so when you shut off a breaker,look inside as well to find if anything else is powered by it.