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Originally Posted by Tau2301
You can't just upgrade a breaker. The wire, usually 14 gauge or 14-2 in lumex terms is rated for 15 amps. If you go to a larger amperage breaker you also need to increase the wire gauge. e.g. 12 gauge.
if you are just changing out the breaker from a single circuit to a double of the same amperage than no problem.
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well I was original thinking of looking and seeing if I could put a bigger breaker acording to the wire size but now I am thinking maby I might just have to run another circut somehow.. my fish tank stuff alone adds up to 15 amps if everything is running at once so I just calculated
and if I install the two 250 watt MH I will be over.. sooo I need to now figure out how to run another 15 amp circut to that area so i can move all my lights off that circut.
I was thinking I could put a remote pannel in the stand (30 amp pannel) and just run a sub to the stand.. I am going to call around about that option tomorrow I think..
Steve
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