Stupid electrical question

[SteveOhh]

Originally posted</a> by BeanAnimal
In any case, stu you wanna peek at my "fool your electric meter" project.

Bean

The ol' "flip your meter upside down trick" so it runs backwards?????

Steve

 

[BeanAnimal]

sorry steve, nuch such thing as a backwards runjing meter, though I am sure plenty of people have tried!

 

[schristi69]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6959118#post6959118 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by vaughan5
Thanks for the link wiscSea.
A lot more complicated than I thought ! I plan on purchasing the reef keeper 2. It comes with an 8 socket strip for the controller. Seems like its asking for trouble to have a Chiller, 2 external pumps, tank lights, fuge lights, powerheads, fans and a heater all pluged into one outlet.
Any concerns here ?

It is not just one outlet, but one CIRCUIT. For the typical sockets in your house, say your living room for example, you will have miltiple sockets on a circuit which goes to one breaker. Plugging in all of your devices into multiple sockets on the same circuit is the same as plugging all of your devices into just one socket. You have to account for the power draw of all devices on the CIRCUIT. This is why many, if possible, wire their tanks with 1 or more dedicated circuits just for the tank. You could have everything running fine plugged into one or two sockets near the tank and then turn on a light across the room and poof, you trip the breaker. You might want to take some time and map which outlets are going to what breaker.