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Hi d4....thanks for stopping by the log. 
We were runnning the 400wmh in the veg area but decided it would be more useful in the flowering room since we are growing bigger plants these days so right now we've got cool cfls for the new seedlings (3 of them at this point.)
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Somebodys got the BUG . 
Now I see why all the electrical questions offsite .
Good to finally hear from ya Sis.
Haven't been around here much lately .
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Hey X-C!!
Yes....questions like how do you call an electrician for your grow room etc? lol. Know you've been busy.....we need to catch up.
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I'd say you just read up real well, be careful, and DIY. Other than that, maybe a friend of a friend knows someone who's trustworthy and not an ass.
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There you go. Exchange email addresses with Shovelhandle. I assume he's not a fed or a narc.
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Wanna see some gnarly marijuana trees? Check this out, guys runs 3k watts and 6 plants (organic). About 4:40 is the biggest trunk lol.
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Lovely growroom....I watched a bit of it....once he started identifying each individual bud I got a bit lost.....not quite THAT interested but he certainly had some nice weed growing.
If anyone watches the entire thing did he mention using C02?
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And Shov could you drop by after your regular job and rewire our growroom? Neither Mr Hound nor I really touches and/or plays with wires and electricity. Opie (or Shov) you mentioned feeding the power back into the meter. We were hoping to add more power to that specific room only so we can dump the tree trunk extension cord. Something along 500 watts perhaps......is it doable or not worth the energy and/or expense? 
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Hey Sis. ,
I'd take a pic. of your existing fuse box / breaker box while it's open and email it or post it so Shov. can look at it . You house is dinky , I bet it's not even got a 100 amp box .
We had the same problem when I got the 3000watt "MAX POWER" bonner too . If the service isn't all loaded up already someone could come and eliminate a circut temporarily so you can add a small sub panel powered off the circut you eliminated and rerun it off of the subpanel as well as everything in Mr. Stretchys room too . This would be much cheaper than having someone come and install a larger breaker / fuse box .
Not something I'd advise the average homeowner doing though . My guy got 150.00 plus parts to do it but he likes me .
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i have'nt seen any posts about particular electrical installation your refering to. but glad to give some yes/no answers about circuits. wire sizes and such. not a fed or a narc. carl05478 at msn dot com.
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3000 watts isn't a a real lot. An old household service rated at 230 volts 60 amps can safely handle 12,000 watts (peak rating of 13,800 watts)
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welcome back crispi, aint seen ya round in a while, WH, I would have to agree with opie, either talk to a few co-ops see if they know a "friendly", or read up and DIY, thats what I do...I have popped the shit outta myself a few times, lol...but it was kinda fun  it was only 110 though...if you do DIY, FLIP THE BREAKERS before ya do anything...lol, or, just get shov 
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Crispi uses a 3000 watt power box with breakers and outlets. That might be nice for you, WH. The wiring from your panel to this box would be standard 12/3 romex from a two pole, 20 amp circuit breaker. If you don't have room in your existing panel have it upgraded by an electrician and you will have the room to add this breaker. Watch the electrician and ask questions. <G>
I'm waiting for my harvest before I can let the cable co. in to install phone-TV-internet wiring. Six more weeks???
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Appreciate the info shov...but we're on rotation here so there is no way of clearing the room out. The guy can work OUTSIDE ok.....but not in the room unless we're willing to toss a few good plants (agggggg!!!) and pull the curtains and everything down.....even then we've got seedlings out in the living room.....could slide those into the bedroom but you get the idea......
Is there a way to have someone come out and do some work on the outside panel without him going into the room itself or would that simply be too suspicous to get away with?
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I'm just "anti-extension cord" on principle. I think that they're riskier than they're worth, and it's easier to tell folks " Don't use extension cords" than it is to get them to understand when an extension is and is not appropriate.
If it's just a matter of not having headroom on the circuit that your room has been running off- why not just add an outlet to the circuit that you have the extension cord plugged into now, with the wire snaked over to an outlet box in your room? You may not wanna screw w/ your breaker bok, but snaking some wire and adding an outlet are well w/in the purview of a motivated homeowner.
Then you can start scheduling to have a proper power point installed a cycle or two down the road, when the room is empty.
Yer gonna wanna get that room empty for sanitation once in a while.
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Hey WH,
You are doing an awesome experiment! I will be watching to see how you make out! As far as elecrtical....I pay people to turn on lights for me, kinda scared of the juice...hehe. Keep up the good work! My grow log is also in intermission due to waiting for beans. Have fun and be safe, Plant
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I like rhizomes idea if you end up not getting an electrician. If you don't mind crawling under the house and drilling a hole or two, it's pretty easy to run a line off an existing outlet and install a new one. It doesn't have to look pretty. I highly recommend the 1,2,3 Home Depot book for reference, or a simple inexpensive electrical DIY book, also available at Home Depot. If you use a little common sense, electric work doesn't have to be scary, especially if you turn off the circuit breaker first. And like SnS suggests, it's fun to get shocked.
On the other hand, if I were in your shoes and wasn't going to DIY, I would probably anonymously call around and ask what electricians would be willing to be open minded and work on room that serves as a legal grow room for a medical patient. I don't think it would be much of a problem, but I might be worried about the electrician either being a thief, or flapping their jaws to their thief friends.
WH please check your email soon.
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Ive done workin this field.
if u must use extension cords, u should use the expensive ones AWG12 or even AWG10 if ur running big loads.
u will find this rating on the cord itself and the package when u buy the ones u really need 
each main cord should go to a separate circuit in the house,
take the time to identify breakers with as little useage as possible.
u should always try to stay at 75% useage on a breaker.
add up the appliances amps ratings on a circuit.
for a 20 amp breaker, try to stay no higher than 15 amps of useage.
do u follow so far?
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