Electricity Set Up

[BIG JT]

I'm trying to get all my lights set up but I don't know whats the best thing to do with my situation. I've attatched a PDF file that shows my setup (spent about an hour in Illustrator to make it). I have 2 20 amp lines, a 30 amp line that runs to the huge overhead lights in the garage and a double 30amp breaker going to the garage door opener. Can I change both 20amp breakers to 30s and always leave the overhead lights breaker off?

 

[BIG JT]

hey thanks for all the help guys, guess electricity is a different forum.

 

[rocky5]

i will bump it for you mate im intrested just got no input for you.

 

[what the]

Can I change both 20amp breakers to 30s and always leave the overhead lights breaker off?

no. It doesn't work that way. The breaker protects the wire. You can change the breaker, but then you need to increase the size of the wire that it feeds. You can't plug any grow lights into a 30amp breaker either. You will need another panel to protect the ballast wiring at 20amp or less fed by the 30amp.

What are the "huge overhead lights" in the garage?

Also, I have never seen a 220V garage door opener, not even for commercial doors. They need to be REALLY big for that. Are you sure that is where that breaker leads? It may very well run off one of the 20amp circuits.

 

[Jdizzel]

i'll bet the 220v runs the dryer in the garage not the garage door opener, that is the circut that you want to run ur ballast off of, sounds like u need some real help from someone who know what they are doing. that 30amps and 240v circut will kill ur ass quick! so please be carefull and if ur in california NOBODY cares that u grow and smoke herb so call an electrican. JUST becarefull! when in doubt just run everything off of 110v and make sure the wire is the correct size for the breaker
# 10awg( american wire gauge )=30 amps
#12 = 20amps
#14 =15amps
also use a GFCI ( ground fault circut interuption ) breaker and outlets, it will save u some cash if there is a ground falt ( aka water touching electricty, it will only back track as far as the first GFI.
u will for sure start ur house on fire if the breaker oversizes the wire.
call out for an QUALIFIED electrican on ICMAG he should be able to anwser ur questions. be safe!! and DOUBLE CHECK that the power is off when fucking with electricity.
( I work at an industrial electrical wholeseller ) so i am not ur in house expert but i have a little knowledge.
JDIZZEL
happy growing

 

[cannabis_comp']

if you are building in the room that the breaker panel is in then its best to run a new circuit for your set up.

 

[Jdizzel]

if you are building in the room that the breaker panel is in then its best to run a new circuit for your set up.

That would be too easy LOL

 

[what the]

# 10awg( american wire gauge )=30 amps
#12 = 20amps
#14 =15amps

Remember you cannot wire standard outlets to a 30 amp circuit. I don't see any need for a 30 amp circuit in a grow unless it is feeding a light controller designed for 30 amp.

 

[BIG JT]

thanks what the. im probably gonna have to go grab a controller and run a new 30amp 240 line to it with the correct size wire. As long as I don't overload the main by running more than 100amps(really should be 80% so 80amps) total at once I should be good right? What a pain in the ass this is, is it feesable to run 2 1000k lights on digital ballasts on one 20amp breaker? that would make things so much easier

 

[what the]

is it feesable to run 2 1000k lights on digital ballasts on one 20amp breaker? that would make things so much easier

Yes. But you're right at the edge. I would have them start up staggered by a couple minutes. I know the digis don't have the same starting load, but still good practice. I like to run dedicated 15 amps to each light or larger dedicated to a lighting control board.
It really isn't that much work. And you only need to do it once if you do it right the first time.

Yes, you shouldn't draw more than 80 amps continuous off your 100amp panel. That doesn't mean the breakers can't add up to more than 100 amp though. You can have 10 20amp breakers in a 100 amp panel for example. If you have dedicated circuits, such as for your lights, which you know run at 8.5 amp you can just add up the actual total load which should be under 100 amp.