McTurtle Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 For those of you with multiple tanks in a room/ aka a fish room, how do you handle your power needs? I've pretty much maxed out my extension cords/ power bars and I'm hesitant to add more, but I have 3 more filters that need to be plugged in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blink Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Get a big water resistant power bar and do the math to figure out your power load. No more than 15 amps per circuit. Per circuit not per outlet. When there is more than one outlet in a room there is a chance they use the same circuit. You will need to spread your tanks to other rooms/circuits or have another circuit installed if you are drawing over 15 amps. Or use more efficient equipment. By the way, no cheating Count all heaters as if they are drawing their maximum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Make sure the breaker isn't warm @ the electrical box! Edited September 13, 2014 by ckmullin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I've built a few fishrooms, some from scratch, some in existing rooms. I have always had to run at least 2 circuits in a fishroom. The last one I built had 3; my current space needs at least one more (can't run a dehumidifier in the room w/o blowing a breaker). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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