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![]() belive it or not but my chiller, t4 pc lights and everything else ran off of one shared circuit in my apartment for years without a problem. my house on the other hand trips breakers all the time so i doing some upgrades.
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![]() I'm guessing then you have 10A breakers now but had a 15A or 20A in the apartment. It sure sounds like there are surging issues pushing you close to the limit.
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![]() I am an Electrician, and I have never heard of 10A breakers. So I will tell you how we wire houses. A 15A breaker is normally loaded to 80%, IOW we allow 12 outlets on a circuit. for a motor we allow 300% for starting surges, so a motor drawing 5 amps would have a 15A breaker. But connected loads are not always on at the same time. So to give an idea about circuit loading in my house I have the following equipment on one circuit.
2x175W Mh lights. 1x150W heater 1x75W heater 1x60W heater 2xAC 301 powerheads 1xSeio 620 1XFluval 304 1xFluval 204 My computer + my bathroom, + room light etc. That should give you an idea. ![]()
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![]() Ok, sorry, I was just guessing. Regardless, it sounds as if he has a lower-rated breaker now, than he used to.
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![]() If your pulling extra wires- adding breakers and have the room, add more then needed so you have lots of extra. Most chillers should be on there own breakers. IMO more is better when it comes to power. I live in a 50 year old house and was always pushing the breakers to the max with no power to spare. My fish room now has a sub panel with tons of extra room for more breakers if needed.
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![]() hey bob would havng this much power on 1 breaker possibly be the cause for for my bulbs not lasting as long as they should?
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![]() I thought maybe because he said it was an apartment that maybe they had bigger breakers. But I wouldn't know, just guessing wildly. cheers
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![]() so if im pulling new line then i can run a larger guage and use a 20?
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