electrical circuit allocation help

[darkhollo]

I have the following equipment..

1 water chiller (300 watts)
1 HPS light (600 watts)
2 vortex 6" fan (200 watts)
1 5000 btu AC unit
1 standard oscillating fan
2 little giant 260 GPH pumps
1 continuous pH monitor
1 continuous ppm monitor
1 Sunleaves air pump
1 walmart air pump
1 walmart fish tank heater (small version)
1 socket fixture with a CFL

I am trying to figure out how to divy up these items on to two circuits.. possibly three if required. I know the 80% load rule (or less) of amps per circuit.. but wanted some insight. I can't find usage info for all devices and wanted some help or insight from others.

tia
--dh

 

[madpenguin]

Post your nameplate specs for each piece of equipment. Especially the AC. Should be clearly visible on the unit.

Nameplates should either list volts and watts or volts and amps.

I'm guessing your AC is right around 5 amp.

If it were me, I'd probably overkill a little bit and run 3 circuits. Your ballast on one, the AC on another and then the rest on another. All 15A circuits. Actually, I would probably run a 20A circuit for the light to allot for light upgrades. Might also throw the AC on it's own 20A as well. Distance from your panel to the room as the wire travels will play a factor as well.

If your looking for the bare minimum you can get away with, with no possibility of adding stuff in the future, then you might be able to squeeze everything on 2 circuits. But the nameplate specs will help determine if that's feasible.

 

[darkhollo]

Formatted better and with some research on my different items. I would love to own a kill-o-watt meter so I could ensure what my actual usage really is... but this is via specs so close enough.

Any thoughts?

Edit - Blah.. they don't allow html code.

So.. without the nice chart..

I'm up to 1820 watts of usage. Just split it down the middle and use two 15 amp circuits?

--dh

 

[sparkjumper]

Damn you're a good penguin lol.Determine wiresize by adding nameplate amperage rating only.If there isnt a nameplate amperage rating I'd be surprised.Its so much more accurate then using ohms law with a voltage and wattage rating

 

[darkhollo]

Yeah I was thinking of 3 circuits.. fuck it right. why not be safe. Sub panel to room is like 5 feet so it's a non-issue. I'll just run 3.

I'm pretty maxed out on space. I could move to a 1k light but the 3 circuits will do that. I have 12/2 wire so 20 amp is viable too.

Thanks!

--dh

 

[madpenguin]

I'm up to 1820 watts of usage. Just split it down the middle and use two 15 amp circuits?

--dh

Well, that's good and all but individual ratings would still be nice. If you want to be anal, I'd separate all motor loads from your ballast circuit. Could bite if you don't.

I'd also tie in the ballast circuit at the panel so it's on the opposite leg of your AC, refrigerator and any other high draw appliance. Not entirely necessary but could avoid possible problems.

So maybe the ballast, water pumps and air pumps along with the CFL. Then the vortex's, AC and chiller on another.