roidrage152
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If u can afford it upgrade to the HID light and run some more electrical to that room. I did all new for my grow and did all 20 amp breakers, and a separate 220v run upgradable to 60 amps. If any of that was confusing then maybe get someone else to do it. Clean your room of pot related stuff and get a friend over to help you. Tell him you want to build an entertainment room or something that will require several higher amp outlets. If u are really looking to save, then just follow the above amperage advice and run extension cords fro. Circuits in other rooms. Following prper wire guage specifications and staying under 80% load should be fine for you on cords under 25'. Beyond that might require more difficult calculation. Just make sure you know what is being powered on each circuit you use from another room. See if your space heater has a lower wattage setting, I have a 2k space heater that also has a 900w setting that is adequate for my needs. Good search"what size wire do it need?" and the top link is a table of wire guage requirements for amps. The calculation the guy gave earlier is good, I don't remember which way he calculated, but I do: watts/volts = amps. So a 2000w heater on a 110v circuit is pulling 18 amps. More than what your breaker can handle alone. I only skimmed the responses but I think someone made that clear already. That heater is not going to constantly run at full load but I don't know how the breaker didn't just trip every time you tried to use it with so much stuff on it. That sounds like a big problem in itself.
5000 watts at 110v pulls 45+ amps. I would say you should get at least 80 amps of service in that room to allow for expansion. In the form of 4 20 amp breakers or my preference would be multiple 20s plus one larger breaker wired to a controller with a relay. I'm a fan of the dryer outlet personally allows for a mix of 110 and 220 service, though pricier. Let me know if you would like more details on that and I'll see if I can tell u what to tell your electrician buddy. The cheapest route would be the 4 20 amp breakers tho, I personally did like 6 of these, 4 outlets total 8 plugs on each run spread out a bit. I did my run simply and logically so I can tell which outlets are on which breaker. If your are more spread out maybe number them so u know which are on which breaker. Keep in mind also that 20amp service is barely adequate for a 2000w space heater. I'd probably use it, but I'd make extra sure nothing else was on the same beaker. Also another side note slightly more expensive, I put one gfci outlet on each run also. They are the time with the reset button like in bathrooms, it's basically a mini breaker that would trip if you dropped a toaster in the bathtub good to use around water. The one problem with wiring like this is that if one item trips it, every outlet on the run goes. The space heater would probably not be a good item for it. I actually can't run my ballasts on a gfci, something about the way theybstart up trips them, but I have the added security knowing I have it on my other stuff I'm splashing and spraying water around.
5000 watts at 110v pulls 45+ amps. I would say you should get at least 80 amps of service in that room to allow for expansion. In the form of 4 20 amp breakers or my preference would be multiple 20s plus one larger breaker wired to a controller with a relay. I'm a fan of the dryer outlet personally allows for a mix of 110 and 220 service, though pricier. Let me know if you would like more details on that and I'll see if I can tell u what to tell your electrician buddy. The cheapest route would be the 4 20 amp breakers tho, I personally did like 6 of these, 4 outlets total 8 plugs on each run spread out a bit. I did my run simply and logically so I can tell which outlets are on which breaker. If your are more spread out maybe number them so u know which are on which breaker. Keep in mind also that 20amp service is barely adequate for a 2000w space heater. I'd probably use it, but I'd make extra sure nothing else was on the same beaker. Also another side note slightly more expensive, I put one gfci outlet on each run also. They are the time with the reset button like in bathrooms, it's basically a mini breaker that would trip if you dropped a toaster in the bathtub good to use around water. The one problem with wiring like this is that if one item trips it, every outlet on the run goes. The space heater would probably not be a good item for it. I actually can't run my ballasts on a gfci, something about the way theybstart up trips them, but I have the added security knowing I have it on my other stuff I'm splashing and spraying water around.
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