They frequently don't come with a separate buss bar to keep the grounds and the neutrals isolated, so you may need one of them. Breakers to suit. Romex clamps.
you all are making me think (and I have little idea about what youre discussing) I'm going to burn my house down.. ignorance is bliss. "out of the box" is keeping me on edge.. no habla 240v. I'll read it all again.. I just had to whine a little.Ok the part I don't get though is its going to be 240 out of the box into the timer.. 240 out of the timer to the sub panel .. then I'm going branch it out to 115 at the breakers 20amp. So there for because I'm leaving the first panel is it considered 240 or because out of the last panel I'm drifting off to 115 is it going to be 115
Ok the part I don't get though is its going to be 240 out of the box into the timer.. 240 out of the timer to the sub panel .. then I'm going branch it out to 115 at the breakers 20amp. So there for because I'm leaving the first panel is it considered 240 or because out of the last panel I'm drifting off to 115 is it going to be 115
you all are making me think (and I have little idea about what youre discussing) I'm going to burn my house down.. ignorance is bliss. "out of the box" is keeping me on edge.. no habla 240v. I'll read it all again.. I just had to whine a little.
EDIT: at least I have to try: street>>>Homes' main panel>>among all the other circuit breakers
there was one 1, 30amp/220v line that ran to a 30amp plug (was there when I bought the home) I split into 2, 15 amp lines with 2 15 amp breakers in place of the 1 30amp one..... I plan on running 2/600w on one of the 15 amp lines.. 911??!
EDIT: wait a minute.. youre in Europe? well hello anyway..
10-4 on the 30amp breaker=2, 15 ampers. 2/600 are good on one 15 amp line. amps phases ?? no habla.. better if I run one 600w on each 15 amp breaker? and run fans/pumps off each of those lines.. I'll be safer. thank you rives..Ummmm.....
You replaced the 30a double-pole breaker with two single 15a breakers if I am understanding you correctly. A 600w fixture will pull roughly 660w total, so (2) of them will be 1320w. 1320w/120v=11 amps. The 80% rule says that you can have a 12a continuous load on a 15a circuit, so that part is fine.
The part that might not be good is that you will have both lights connected to the same phase. Overloading one phase (one leg of the 240v) can create a voltage imbalance that doesn't work well overall. This isn't a huge imbalance, but it really depends on how the rest of the loads are distributed in your panel - ideally, you would like the loads balanced between the two phases. Realistically, that rarely happens.
does anyone know how to wire a building strait up to the mains power supply from outside?
Another person and I have a building that can fit around 30,000 watts of light power, but for obvious reasons we can not consume that much without drawing negative attention.