How many watts? amps.. ahh

Willow · #1 01-10-2005, 04:57 AM

ok im trying to figure out the power consumption of my rig so i can have new lines pulled to the breaker for it all.

im looking at my chiller but it doesnt give a wattage. its a 1/4H custom sea life. it says on the top 120 volts 5 volts. does anyone have any idea how many watts that might pull?

thanks

StirCrazy · #2 01-10-2005, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Willow

. it says on the top 120 volts 5 volts.

thanks

Is that suposed to be 120V and 5 amp?

If so it will pull 600 watts

Steve

Willow · #3 01-10-2005, 05:32 AM

yep my bad amps..

600 watts damn! thats a lot hey? just out curiosity how did you figure that out is there a formula i can follow to figure other stuff out?

so roughly adding up my list i have about 1200 watts.. is that a lot compaired to other systems? i think i better get two lines pulled for this hey

Delphinus · #4 01-10-2005, 05:35 AM

Yeah, that pretty much needs a breaker all to itself, I'd think!

Tarolisol · #5 01-10-2005, 05:53 AM

Amps*volts=watts or amps=watts/volts

Canadian Man · #6 01-10-2005, 06:51 AM

Or 1 amp is 120 watts

StirCrazy · #7 01-10-2005, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Yeah, that pretty much needs a breaker all to itself, I'd think!

Naaa, you can do 1500 watts on a 15 amp breaker with no worries.

Steve

Delphinus · #8 01-10-2005, 02:29 PM

Sorry, you're right, I was somehow thinking 10A breakers.

I suppose even so I would think you could probably put a few other things on the circuit but not too much.

MitchM · #9 01-10-2005, 03:10 PM

Wouldn't a start up surge be required for running the chiller?
That may exceed the breakers capacity if there is much more running on it at the time.

Mitch

Delphinus · #10 01-10-2005, 03:24 PM

That's what I was thinking. I don't remember what the rule of thumb I heard was, but that you basically shouldn't exceed 60% or 70% {or something ..

} of the rated capacity of the breaker (to account for start up surges)? So with the 10A breaker I was thinking of, no more than 6 amps of normal load (so maybe room enough for some powerheads as well, but not much more than that), or with Steve's 15A breaker, 9 amps of normal load.