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What do you guys think?I was thinking of using an H track and wire the power into the h track. Would that be possible?
I just don't think I've ever seen one that didn't have holes in the blades.Unusual in what sense? It's non-polarized and ungrounded; not an issue. Am I missing something?
Im in the process of setting up a new tank and wanted to add a dedicated circuit for the tank. Luckily the location of the tank will be near the service box and i have room to add additional breakers. Question is would it be better to have a single 20a or two 15a circuits?
i was thinking about two circuits so i could add a second EB32 in the future...curious, if the main circuit tripped and the apex controller shuts off....will the second EB fallback and continue to power whatever is plugged into it?I would prefer to have two separate circuits. If you are running new circuits just run two 20 amp.
i was thinking about two circuits so i could add a second EB32 in the future...curious, if the main circuit tripped and the apex controller shuts off....will the second EB fallback and continue to power whatever is plugged into it?
I would definitely add 2 separate circuits - that lets you separate critical equipment on different circuits so if one trips it doesn't cut power for the entire tank.Im in the process of setting up a new tank and wanted to add a dedicated circuit for the tank. Luckily the location of the tank will be near the service box and i have room to add additional breakers. Question is would it be better to have a single 20a or two 15a circuits?
i was thinking about two circuits so i could add a second EB32 in the future...curious, if the main circuit tripped and the apex controller shuts off....will the second EB fallback and continue to power whatever is plugged into it?
Good point, I think I was just being careful not to exceed the theoretical limit of my 200a service line. In practice though, I don't think I'd come close to using the 2x 20a limit of the dedicated tank circuit.Why not 2-20A circuits instead of 15A? The work to run the wire is the same, the difference in materials cost is minimal and then you don't have to worry (as much) about overloading one of
My logic of having two EB32s on separate circuits was for back up only in case one circuit tripped...not necessarily because of load. Regardless, I'll plan for two for flexibility. Thanks for all the advice!You don't necessarily need two circuits for two EB832s, you're just limited to the circuit capacity for your total load.
If the EB832 has power it will revert to fallback mode. If it's plugged into the same circuit then won't.
Check with a licensed electrical contractor. Too many rules to assume you can just add a breaker or two. One is if your service panel does not have a main control breaker, you are limited to the six handle rule.Im in the process of setting up a new tank and wanted to add a dedicated circuit for the tank. Luckily the location of the tank will be near the service box and i have room to add additional breakers. Question is would it be better to have a single 20a or two 15a circuits?
Trust me, if you were exceeding your limit of 200 amps in a house you would know it because the electric bill would be enormous.I think I was just being careful not to exceed the theoretical limit of my 200a service line.
Check with a licensed electrical contractor. Too many rules to assume you can just add a breaker or two. One is if your service panel does not have a main control breaker, you are limited to the six handle rule.
I would like to get this one to go behind my fishtank:
Thin Socket Cover
Then connect my Apex powerbar, two other extension cords. Basically connect all equipment running in my tank to this one outlet. Is this alright? Drawing that much power from a single outlet?
From the description it can handle 13 amps or about 1600 watts so it should be fine. Honestly, I’d just get one of these - cheaper, you can probably find one at your local hardware store and it doesn’t block the other outlet. They also make flat-plug extension cords.Bump. Can someone help me? This is to support a 130g plus tank Red Sea Reefer. I did a rough math and it came to about 750watts in total. Can all equipment be plugged into a single outlet ?
Gotcha, thanks for the tip!From the description it can handle 13 amps or about 1600 watts so it should be fine. Honestly, I’d just get one of these - cheaper, you can probably find one at your local hardware store and it doesn’t block the other outlet. They also make flat-plug extension cords.