Ghl Profilux Discussion And Support Thread

[Aqua-Digital]

http://www.ghl-kl.de/Produkte/Aquari.../download.html

[Jason McK]

Is there an indecation on the power bar as to what version they are?

J

[Aqua-Digital]

Yes

the front lable of series one states what sockets are high in rush protected, the series 2 do not haver this wording as all are high in rush.

Also series one have internal fuses, series 2 dont

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital

Yes

the front lable of series one states what sockets are high in rush protected, the series 2 do not haver this wording as all are high in rush.

Also series one have internal fuses, series 2 dont

OK So the series 1 are what are described in the wiki site. While series 2 I would assume are all 6.3AMP all rush protected?

Thanks again
Jason

[Aqua-Digital]

No

series 2 are all 200amp YES two hundred amp high in rush protected that means that every single socket can withstand a split second high in rush current surge of up to 200amps protecting it from damage from ballasts that draw huge ampage on striking.

This does not detract from the fact that the total duration load (not striking load) must not exceed more than 15 amps in total on the whole bar, this is in line with your household ring main.

[Tom R]

Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital

No

series 2 are all 200amp YES two hundred amp high in rush protected that means that every single socket can withstand a split second high in rush current surge of up to 200amps protecting it from damage from ballasts that draw huge ampage on striking.

This does not detract from the fact that the total duration load (not striking load) must not exceed more than 15 amps in total on the whole bar, this is in line with your household ring main.

Does this eliminate the need for the Hi amp power boards?

[Aqua-Digital]

Depends on what you ahve attached to the main power bar in terms of load.

if you are running a series of high wattage MH lighting or large chillers then you are probably getting close to the maximum ampage certified to run on one socket that the whole power bar is plugged into at the wall. This is where the HIGH AMP comes into play and spreads that load across another wall socket.

This is the part so many people forget, the certified load of your wall socket, we could build power bars that have 100 sockets all able to take 20 amp load, but that does not detract from the fact you are restricted by what one single wall socket on your home ring main can handle.

So simple answer, no you dont need the High amp providing you are not exceeding the total ampage of the power bar OR your wall socket.