too much light??

yea ill have to find out if its a 15 or 20 amp circuit and what else is wired to it hopefully not alot or else I will be running extension cords out my windows hahaha

 

so lets say I ran my 3x250 watt halides =750 watt...a mag 12=110 watt mag 18=145 watt a Hydor Koralia 4=10watts Hydor Koralia 8 =19 and a 39 watt t5 on my refugium. for a grand total of 1073 watts....Would that be too much for a 15 amp breaker????

 

For a 90 you will be fine with 2 x 175w + 2 x 54w actinics.

458 w

 

again its for my 150

 

My whole system has been running on 1 outlet for a year now with no problems--This includes the chiller--read my list in the signature. All I can say is try it.

 

ya but your lighting isnt even close to what i am running??

 

any pics of the sun?

you could raise your lights higher off the tank.. maybe hang from ceiling.. and also upgrade your wall outlet to a 20amp gfi and breaker in the electrical panel to 20amp..

 

i'm sorry if i missed something here but if you are running this stuff and you havent blown a fuse yet you probably wont, your parents are gonna kill you though thats gotta be atleast $100 extra a month!

 

could you disable/unplug one of your mh lights?

 

no not running this yet....would it be cheeper to run electronic ballasts than magnetic one? how much would i save....yes each light has it out cord so i can run the MH without the VHOS or run 2 mh at a time???? would it be worth it to switch over to electronic ballasts??? if so anyone know any cheap...but good ballasts???