electical question

[duke62]

if there is any electricians i would like to ask a question.just reply to this thread and ill PM you my question .THANK YOU

 

[FRY]

go ahead and ask

 

[masterswimmer]

How about posting here so everyone can learn from our resident master electrician.

swimmer

 

[steveo32]

I second that motion

 

[inline6]

Inquiring Reefers want to know.

 

[duke62]

i just wanted to know how many watts can go into 1 cicuit before it becomes a tripping hazzard or worse a fire hazzard.i have 10 plugs in use that equals around 1500w or so and i was concerned.

 

[firehazard]

it would all depend on what size the breaker is and what other load is on the same circuit.

 

[DallasNYC]

The circuit breaker in your electric panel will decide what you can load on it. Circuit breakers are rated in Amps, and they can vary. 15 amps is very common on outlet and lighting breakers. Watts = Volts * Amps. So the total amps you are using now is Amps = Watts/Volts. Or Amps = 1500w/115v = 13 amps. So if you have a 15 amp breaker, you are very close to the limit.

 

[FRY]

the safe load on any breaker is 80 % of the breaker rating, it is best to use 2 circuits on tanks half pumps on one circuit and the other on the second circuit,if one fails the other is still working half of the pumps,try to split up load between the 2 circuits you don't have to use full capacity
of the breaker to use 2 circuits

 

[frank arriaga]

you could upgrade to a 20 amp circuit breaker if the wire is #12 gauge

 

[PalmTree]

Inquiring Reefers want to know.

:sleepy:

 

[masterswimmer]

duke, In addition to Franks explanation of splitting everything up and to answer your question in another way, if you have one plug in that circuit and it's drawing 14 of your 15 amps, you don't have any room for any more plugs.

However, if you have 12 plugs in another circuit with each appliance drawing .5 amps, you'd still have more room for additional plugs/appliances on that circuit (9 amps additional, not subtracting the 80% rule Frank suggested).

So the # of plugs in a circuit is really incidental.

swimmer

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i am not giving any advice here... :lol2: i only have like 3 lives left ....