a1foxes Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 the past few weekends, I've been at the new house building my fishroom from scratch. literally. It was a carport, so the concrete pad was there, the roof etc, so all I had to put up were 3 non- loadbearing walls, sheathing on the outside, and of course finish the inside with insulation, drywall and ......its wired specifically for me and the needs of my tanks, so no more blown breakers! yaaaayyyy! We're doing the work ourselves, which is slowing down the move cause the room has to be ready for the fish, but we're talking 14x32 100% built for fishies, water available, sealed from the rest of the house to prevent humidity damage, and even a commercial grade airconditioner/dehumidifier is going in. very sweet set up . I'll try to take some pics and post the progress....costs are working out to be several thousand so far not including labour, but, its an investment, we plan on going bigger now so......we're just preparing for it. should be really cool when its done. Theres a total of 30 or so plugins, all of the GFI because of the usage around water, and NO cords on the floor this time, neat and tidy and well organized this time around, I can hardly wait to get the fishies into their new home. I dont have to work right away so I'll get some time to set them all up and spend some time making sureits done right. I hate moving, I actually like Calgary, but I cant afford the rents here, to make it means working extra hard and in that case both my fish and family suffer. Expect to hear ALOT more from me as things get set up- I will be getting multiple shipments in from various places like Thailand, and south america so I"ll have lots going on to sell. I hope to set up my own website as well, and supplies for aquaria will be included in that. I will be making regular trips to Calgary, so doing biz here isnt a problem. I"ll post pics soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I would opt to use 2 or 3 GFI breakers as opposed to spending the cash on 30 protected plugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I agree w. Trooper. I did individually protected plugs in my fishroom, but it's only 10x10 and has just 5 plugs. At over $10 ea, I'm already thinking that I should have just put the GFCI at the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggle Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 If you have GFCI at you box if one plug trips the GFCI do you loos all you power? I would not want that if I were importing fish. I would think that if it were to trip on a hot day that you could lose well over the price you would have paid for all the plugs in fish in one shot. Also if you are friends with a contractor you can get them to buy them for you and it will be cheaper. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1foxes Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I agree w. Trooper. I did individually protected plugs in my fishroom, but it's only 10x10 and has just 5 plugs. At over $10 ea, I'm already thinking that I should have just put the GFCI at the box. WEll I got a great deal on about7 boxes with 3 GFI receptacles in each- I paid for only one the rest were freebees. I some some normal receptables along the ceiling in the middle aisle, protected by only 1 GFI in the circuit, but the total number of plugs stand at about 29, on 5- 15 am breakers. Only 7 plugs per breaker cause we use power bars as well. We have the option to add 3 more 15 amp breakers to the sub panel, so if I decide I need more, its not a problem. We ran extra strands for potential future use, even the dehumidifier/ac will be on its own circuit. the individual price for the gfi receptables was $15 each, glad I didnt pay for them, but the electrician that put in the sub panel thought it was a great idea given the use of the room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1foxes Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 If you have GFCI at you box if one plug trips the GFCI do you loos all you power? I would not want that if I were importing fish. I would think that if it were to trip on a hot day that you could lose well over the price you would have paid for all the plugs in fish in one shot. Also if you are friends with a contractor you can get them to buy them for you and it will be cheaper.Brad funny, you were posting while i was so i didnt read this before. you are right by using gfi at the breaker, the whole circuit blows, by doing it this way 1, plus the few more in the run will, but everything before would be ok. The plugs are so high up the wall, like just over 4 feet, theres less likely to be trippage. Yep, my boyfriend is a contractor. He got a deal from an electrician buddy, I bought most of the other goods but we managed to save 400-500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FLIP Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Um, if you don't mind me asking. Are you rich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1foxes Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Um, if you don't mind me asking. Are you rich? Nope, but I've been working my @$$ off the last 6 months or so, extra hours etc, saving where I could, just for this move. Around Christmas time I was so broke and not working, that I had to get a hamper so my kids could get something for presents. I was trying to sell fish like mad but no one would buy anything. THings changed when I went back to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FLIP Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 My brother went to work last summer full time when he was 17 and he would have made $10 000 with out taxes he ended up with a round $3000 at the end of summer plus he had to move out of my cusons(sp) house because its haunted and he saw a ghost lol. But if you're like me (crazy) you'll probably spend every penny you get on fish stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharuq1 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 The fish room sounds totally awesome! Can't wait to see pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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