Reef tank electrical requirements

KrazyKuch · #1 10-13-2009, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mike31154

A single 15 amp circuit can handle a maximum of 1800 watts, but that's not continuously. 1500 watts is a better number safety wise if you're going to calculate your load on a 15 amp breaker.

Actually code requires you to only load your circuits to 80% which means for a 15amp breaker you can only load it to 1440Watts....but trade practice is 1200Watts

fkshiu · #2 10-13-2009, 04:33 AM

If you're running everything off of the same outlet you'd have all your eggs in one basket; and we all know what happens when you do that . . .