Im in week 2 of flowering DWC/Coco and I’m currently running:
-4x4 Tent
-HID Ballast (600w)
-1/10 Hp Chiller (260w)
-AC Unit (1,000w)
-Dehumidifier (540w)
-CFM Fan for Light Hood (80w)
-CFM Fan for Humidity Control (95w)
-Air Pump (3w)
-160 gph Water Pump (10w)
Which equals 2,588 Watts.
My circuit is only 20 amp and can only handle 2,400 Watts max so I’ve had to choose between using the AC unit or the dehumidifier or else the breaker is guaranteed to trip within minutes of everything operating at once.
I attempted to solve this problem by connecting my dehumidifier to the circuit in the bedroom down the hall via extension cord but the breaker still trips the circuit in the grow room anyway.
Why, even though I have connected the dehumidifier to a different room’s circuit, is the grow room circuit flipping?
Also notice you do have a dehumidifier so one question, is this for keeping it stable at higher or lower levels, if so just a thought you may be able to figure out how to run the dehumidifier efficiently enough to be able to get rid of the CFM fan for humidity control there for bringing you down to high 2400’s
Than youd just have,to figure out how to get down to 2400
As long as you can figure out how to run it efficiently I think it would work out great @LST if you use the vacuum you could unplug the dehumidifer for a moment while you vacuum
@LST Do you know if you have a empty breaker slot you need another line with 4 or 5 receptacles and stay away from ext. cords since your overloading that breaker all the time it’s a fire risk that you don’t want to take.
If I install another 20amp circuit, I’m afraid it would probably still trip my grow room’s circuit since that’s what happened when I tried running the dehumidifier from a nearest bedroom’s circuit via extension cord.
Would installing a brand new 20amp circuit set it apart from all the other circuits to where it wouldn’t trip anything else?
After reading more, there’s a lot you can do. Depends on your budget really. My 6" hyper fan draws like 30 some watts at 100% and moves plenty of air to cool a light after pulling through a filter. So a more efficient fan could probably replace both of your fans.
I’m not very familiar with chillers, but I’m guessing you could find a more efficient one of them too. 1hp=746 watts per hour. So 1/10 hp should draw about 75 watts. Assuming there will always be some efficiency loss and a cooling fan, there’s probably something out there that will do the same amount of work drawing less power. I’m sure some of the hydro guys can help with that.
You could swap your hid for a high efficiency led set up. Not just any old led, but there are options that are well into the 180+ lumens per watt. That would get you an equivalent par with less drawn from the wall, less heat in your tent, and eliminate a fan.
For something like a grow room that’s on half the day or more, you definitely don’t want to load your circuits anywhere near 100%. I would suggest not going more than 60%.
What you probably ran into with the vacuum is just as the others stated, it’s a different receptacle on the same circuit. Lots of homes will have 1 circuit power receptacles in different rooms.
