General Anesthetic
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I currently live in an apartment in an old (1950's era) house. The whole apartment is on one circuit. I'm pretty sure that the wiring hasn't been changed since the house was built. I used to run (1) 250 watt MH fixture, (1) fan, (1) 2 foot fluorescent fixture, (2) 4 foot fluorescent fixtures, and (1) Phototron (the biggest one w/all of the lights) in my little vegetation room and (1) 400 watt HPS, (2) fans, and an aeroponic bubbler with a 30-60 gallon air pump(that I built myself) in my flowering room, plus a TV and a PC and monitor with no problems. Recently I decided to replace the 400 watt HPS with a 1000 watt HPS that I had in storage. But to do this without the circuit breaker constantly tripping I had to do some modifications. Now my setup is: (1) 250 watt MH, the 2 foot fluorescent fixture, a fan, and the Phototron in my vegetation room and a 1000 watt HPS, a fan, and the aeroponic bubbler in my flowering room, plus a TV and a PC and monitor. I disconnected the (2) 4 foot fluorescent fixtures. This set-up works pretty well. The only problem is if I turn the TV on while the grow room lights are on the circuit breaker trips. Once I flip the breaker switch back everything comes back on and stays on, unless I cut the TV off and then cut it on again while the 1000 watt is on. Is there a way around this? I have been looking into inverters, but how safe are these for indoor use? Any info or help would be greatly appreciated. I really don't want to take down the 1000.