30 amp & 50amp Timer Box?

ruva

ruva

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superfly101 said:
Has anyone used these timer boxes? theres a 30amp and 50amp. i have a dryer plug in my grow room. ill be running 6 600w hps will a 50amp box plug into my dryer plug?
http://www.hydrofanatics.com/30-amp-timer-box-p-331.html

http://www.hydrofanatics.com/50-amp-timer-box-p-332.html
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No. Your dryer runs on a 30Amp circuit and has 3 blades on the plug or 3 holes in the receptacle in your case. The 50 amp timer uses a range hood type plug which has 4 blades.
Besides that you would never want to plug a 0 Amp ANYTHING into a 30 Amp circuit.

That being said, you could easily run 6 600W lights off a 30 amp 240V circuit. Yeah you can buy one of those timer boxes for $300, but you can make one for about $80 from parts you can get from Home depot.

Check out this link:
http://www.hydroponics.net/learn/grow-light-controller.asp
 
tat2ue

tat2ue

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ruva said:
No. Your dryer runs on a 30Amp circuit and has 3 blades on the plug or 3 holes in the receptacle in your case. The 50 amp timer uses a range hood type plug which has 4 blades.
Besides that you would never want to plug a 0 Amp ANYTHING into a 30 Amp circuit.

That being said, you could easily run 6 600W lights off a 30 amp 240V circuit. Yeah you can buy one of those timer boxes for $300, but you can make one for about $80 from parts you can get from Home depot.

The Electric dry does in most cases run off a 50amp / 240volt circuit. Mine does anyway. The only 30 circuit I have in my breaker panel is for the hot water heater. And yes you can get the supplies need to build your own timer box that will handle your 6 x 600w units if you have some DIY knowledge in electricity. I built a timer setup for my 4 x 1000w lights for about 75 bucks and it works great.

It may not be as pretty as a store bought one but It gets the job done and saved me 200 bucks
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