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Old 06/16/2007, 09:59 PM
MimicTang MimicTang is offline
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Question Electrician Question

I have a 400sqft office space I use to raise clowns. How much power do you think I can run in there without tripping a breaker?

There are 4-5(inside a cabinet) outlets and I have around 900watts currently on 14 tanks total.
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Old 06/16/2007, 10:39 PM
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depends on the wire size, the number of breakers used and the size of the breakers.

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Old 06/16/2007, 11:20 PM
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well look at it like this. 900watts/120volts=7.5amps. you more than likely have a 20 or 30 amp breaker so you should be ok. Just use that formula to figure out your amp draw
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