Powering on 10 x 250w at once from one socket.
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Los Reefersaurus
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I like to match my loads to breaker strength at about 75%. You don't want too much more at constant load because of humidity and heat, and you don't want to much less because in-case of a short the more head room the more the shocky skocky.
Joe34
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Have quite alot of Catholic Church's thankfully, they probably run 13A too.
CobKits
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its really only 2 you probably dont have type C breakers, theyre not that common
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inrush_current
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inrush_current
Los Reefersaurus
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well. if you are going to leave that sort of wattage on the table I hope you are using gfi's
qballizhere
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its only 4 if you use C class breaker and that is mounted on a din rail. That is another reason I like the elg drivers better you can have 6 on a class c breaker 4 on a b class
The majority of breakers in houses are b class
Los Reefersaurus
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I just got to say, you continentals do electricity like a bunch of dushe bag pricks. Fuck you and your foreign ways
George2324
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This is news to me I need to use 27 drivers... i can't have that many plugs. That would mean I'd need just as many timers as I do plugs that would be insane.
What's the reason why we can't have so many drivers on the same plug?
What's the reason why we can't have so many drivers on the same plug?
George2324
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That says the inrush current is 75a? No circuit could handle 75a.
If you have a 16a breaker which can handle 3600w and you have say 300w drivers.
Your circuit breaker will trip every time you turn more than a couple of drivers on at once?
If you turn on one at a time if it spikes the first time at 3000w not too bad it goes down to 300w out of 3600
You turn 2nd one on it spikes at 3000w plus the original 3300w still ok
Now your at 600w you turn next one on and another spike of 3000w is 3600w
Then it goes down to 900w next time you turn a driver on... spike 3900w trips breaker?
So you can only run 900w from a 16a breaker?
If you have a 16a breaker which can handle 3600w and you have say 300w drivers.
Your circuit breaker will trip every time you turn more than a couple of drivers on at once?
If you turn on one at a time if it spikes the first time at 3000w not too bad it goes down to 300w out of 3600
You turn 2nd one on it spikes at 3000w plus the original 3300w still ok
Now your at 600w you turn next one on and another spike of 3000w is 3600w
Then it goes down to 900w next time you turn a driver on... spike 3900w trips breaker?
So you can only run 900w from a 16a breaker?
DaveInCave
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It's not only about the wattage, it's about timing.
Most houses have type B breakers which are fast to break to circuit to prevent electrocution.
Type C breakers are common in industry where inductive loads (like motors for example) can use 8 times their working current for a milisecond
when you turn them on, similarly to your drivers. Type C breakers are slow and will not break the circuit if it's above the rated current for a short amount of time, unlike type B which will break it more or less instantly.
DaveInCave
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And yes, many times in life we are faced with a dilemma: Do we do things properly and safely, OR do we do them cheaply.
When it comes to electricity smart people will choose the first option. Which are you going to choose?
George2324
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So a type b won't break the circuit as long as the inrush current is only for a milisecond?
How can we set this up safely then. If I was going to be using 8000w I was going to use 2000w per plug and 4 plugs...
If I run hlg drivers I'll have a total of 27 drivers in my flower room.
Is there a way to possibly still wire them all together but somehow delay each driver coming on by a few seconds with some sort of hardware? Maybe a capacitor or a delayed switch?
How can we set this up safely then. If I was going to be using 8000w I was going to use 2000w per plug and 4 plugs...
If I run hlg drivers I'll have a total of 27 drivers in my flower room.
Is there a way to possibly still wire them all together but somehow delay each driver coming on by a few seconds with some sort of hardware? Maybe a capacitor or a delayed switch?
DaveInCave
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Read again, Type C is slow.
Type B is fast.
The safest course you can take on your own without hiring an electrician will be to use a timer for each driver and delay them for example one minute from each other.
Type B is fast.
The safest course you can take on your own without hiring an electrician will be to use a timer for each driver and delay them for example one minute from each other.