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05/29/2004, 08:23 PM | #27 |
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very, very nice!
i will be referring back to this thread when i wire my stand! donnie
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07/11/2004, 10:38 AM | #28 |
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Do all the hots from each receptacle get wired together to the one hot coming from the wall?
Could all hots (and neutrals) be wired to one plug that plugs into a wall receptacle or would that be overloading that receptacle? I have a receptacle as is and don't think I can reach it to remove it from the wall if I need to get to the conduit. What gauge wire did you use for everything? THANK YOU! |
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I was always told not to wire GFCI outlets like you did as it causes too many false trips because of the load placed on that one outlet. Have you had any problems yet because of the way you wired it? I had a GFCI circuit breaker in my garage that would trip ever time I turned on my dust collector. I swapped it out for a regular breaker of the same amperage and it works fine now. My electrician told me it was tripping because the motor on the collector was pulling very close to the rated amps at startup and that caused the GFCI to trip. I'm not an electrician BTW
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I only have 1 slight problem with it. Whenever the power goes out, 1 of the GFCIs tends to trip. I believe its a faulty GFCI since only one does it and not both. I need to look into it more and see exactly when it trips. If it trips when the power goes out its most likely faulty. If it trips when the power turns back on, it could be too much of a load pulling on it which causes it to trip. I doubt the cause is overloading since none of the MH ballast turn on right away when the power comes back on, cause they need ~20 mins to reset themselves. I will be replacing it soon and will post here the results.
I am not sure who told you not to wire GFCIs like that. In most homes thats how they are wired since they are designed that way and it saves money. On the back of the GFCI there is LINE and LOAD. LOAD is where you wire standard outlets for them to be protected by the GFCI. If you walk around your house and check your bathroom, kitchen, or outside, I am sure you will find a standard outlets, but they will be protected by a GFCI since its code for that area. Get yourself a GFCI testers at HD for a couple bucks and plug it into a standard outlet, press the button, and if a GFCI pops somewhere you know that outlet is protected. Its also a good practice to test your GFCIs every so often in this matter cause they dont last forever especially if they are located outside or near SW. They will still have electric flowing through them, but they wont break the circuit if something is wrong. - Jeremy |
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hey Im not an electrician either, yet
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Yeah, that what I thought, but all of my GFCI outlets are at the end of a run. There isn't anything connected to the LOAD, that's why I asked. My nephew is an electrician apprentice and he said that he was taught not to use the LOAD on GFCI outlets unless there was no other way around it. They always go at the end of a run.
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Wow, that is an impressive looking panel there electric130!
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thanks. probably shouldn't have posted it though. i don't want to hijack this thread.
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I am now having serious envy issues with (at least) two peoples electrical/panel setups now...
I have three powerstrips (GFI on each strip) daisy-chained... it's a horrible, sloppy mess... Beautiful work (on both setups shown)
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can you post that drawing for us please, going to be doing this next week for the new tank. Thanks bro.
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Great wiring you got me thinking... I also just ran two 20amp plugs for my new tank, basically I am going to setup my stand so I can "plug" it in. I was originally going to setup a bunch pf power strips plug into a GFCI, which then is plugged into my 20 amp outlet which just got wired, but I really like how you wired in the timers, so now am thinking I am going to explore a nicer setup like yours...killer
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Where is that buzz coming from?
OH, it's coming from under all your stands!!! Hahahaha, nice work guys. I wish I knew something about switch panels like that. Adds another technical dimension to an already expansive hobby!
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this is a dumb one, so you have this wired to its own 20 amp breaker x 2? how would you go about doing this? go to your box and add it to an open spot in the breaker? and put it on its on 20 amp breaker?
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Yes. There are 2 seperate circuits on my panel. The left side goes to 1 breaker and the right side goes to another. Yup go to the breaker box, find an open spot and pop it in. Well, its a little more complicated then that and I wouldnt recommend you doing it unless you are confident with wiring. There is high voltage going through there and even if you turn the main lug off, there is still some current flowing through so you have to be careful. - Jeremy |
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Thanks bro, I don’t feel comfortable at all ha-ha, but that never stopped me before . No I will be hopefully having a new friend come on over and help me with this for sure. I will just provide the tools, money for the stuff, and beer Thanks again bro, RT |
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WOW!
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The breaker will trip when the current on the circuit reaches 20 amps. The formula for figuring wattage is volts x amperage so a single pole 20 amp breaker will deliver 2400 watts.
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Thank you so very much bro. Like I said I dont know anything about wiring up homes now computers and planes is another thing . Thanks again bro, RT |
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