Electrical requirements for indoor grow?

[Deavnx]

Hello.

For those of you running an indoor setup did you have to install a dedicated circuit for it?

My light is 150W and draws around 1.25A, since the typical home outlet is 15A I don’t think I should really need to upgrade my electrical panel right?

I’ll have 3 fans running as well drawing about 0.2A each, and I haven’t factored in a humidifier yet but it could be necessary and possibly a heat mat for the winter.

What’s your guys setup like? And how many devices do you have on one circuit?

 

[YumYum]

Your on the right track by adding up the amperage draw of the things on that specific circuit. I don't really have a grow room. I just have an led shop light for my early starts.

 

[pepper]

Unless you have a large daisy chain set up I wouldn't worry about it. LED grow lights are not like the old hydroponics that sucked more electricity then a street lamp. It's no different then most small kitchen lights and appliances as far as watts and amps that you don't think twice about plugging in.

 

[pepper]

Lol I have a number of friend who are in small one bedroom apartments growing cannabis in their closets with LED 1000 plus grow lights. If it works for little apartments I'm sure it's fine for a house.

 

[Deavnx]

Got it, thanks for your comments.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Depends on the distance. Inexpesive light meters give lumens and foot candles. For tomato you may want 7000 lumen. Lumens are a square meter from 1 meter and foot candles are...well you guessed it, a square foot from 1 foot.

 

[Deavnx]

I am tuning my setup for PPFD I bought a PAR meter to measure it. The light is not the problem. It’s the circuits in my house that I don’t trust.