how many watts on one outlet?

[bripay50]

In a regular house... Can you put a 1000 watt and a 400 watt in the same room?

 

[Aeroknow]

In a regular house... Can you put a 1000 watt and a 400 watt in the same room?

Already been answered in this old ass thread on page 1

a small bedroom is 15 amps. any electrician with his head not up his ass would never waste a 20 amp breaker on a bedroom circuit.

rule of thumb- 1440w of grow equipment per dedicated #14awg cable, 15 amp breaker, max.
1920w of grow equipment per dedicated #12awg cable, 20 amp breaker, max.
2880w of grow equipment per dedicated #10awg cable, 30 amp breaker, max.

those wattages are good for 120v only. it changes if your going to go 240.

and ps- those numbers are factored for continous duty operation. dont play with them. i know you can get more wattage out of the breakers, but if you try to run them with higher wattage than i posted above, the breaker will heat up and trip after a cpl of hours.
stick with those numbers and you cant go wrong.

 

[jonjon777]

20 amps at 120v has a 2400 watt capacity!

Or 2000 to be safe...

Amps x volts = watts

Real simple...

 

[Yodaweed]

So I was considering putting 2 1000 watt lights on the one 20 amp breaker but it is just too close for comfort, I was more concerned with the 14 gauge wire. I have decided to run another conduit line into the room from another room/circuit. When it is all finished I will have 3 separate outlets on 3 separate circuits...it's gonna be sweet. Thanks guys!

I wouldn't feel safe sleeping with all that ampage on one 20amp breaker, you are running that beyond what it is rated to do. Hire an Electrician and have him run you a 20amp 240v outlet to your grow (it only costs a couple hundred bucks). Most households have 15amp circuits so you might want to check your circuit breaker.

 

[bripay50]

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I wouldn't feel safe sleeping with all that ampage on one 20amp breaker, you are running that beyond what it is rated to do. Hire an Electrician and have him run you a 20amp 240v outlet to your grow (it only costs a couple hundred bucks). Most households have 15amp circuits so you might want to check your circuit breaker.

How do you find out how many amps are on Ur breaker... And what's a breaker