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01/24/2010 04:17:06 PM · #1 |
This may be a stupid question, but just to be sure...
When using my lights in my home, I blow fuzes pretty easily sometimes. I have a shoot scheduled at a hotel and I'm wondering, couldd I blow a fuze at a hotel? Last thing I need is to be lighting a model and have to worry about blowing a fuze in the hotel. |
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01/25/2010 09:39:19 AM · #2 |
bump....
I'm using cheap work lights (I know I shouldn't, but they are easy to travel with). I have a 1200W and a 1000W and was hoping to hook both of them up. Anyone ever use this much Wattage of lights at a hotel/motel or something. I'm at a high end hotel so I'm hoping that it will be okay. |
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01/25/2010 10:01:40 AM · #3 |
Watts divided by Volts = Amps 1,200 watts divided by 120 volts would be 10 amps. 1,000 watts divided by 120 volts would be 8.33 amps. The two combined would be 18.3 amps at 120 volts. If you are in a country that uses 240 volts for domestic power, then it would be half the amps or about 9.15.
You would need to put the two lights on two separate circuits if you are going to use both for longer than a few seconds or a minute. Most domestic circuits in the US are 15 amp protected, with some being 20 amp. Even with 20 available, if anything else is on the circuit, then it would be likely to trip a breaker with both lights running.
ETA, The power outlets (receptacles) on one or two walls of a room are often chained in parallel with one circuit feeding both. You may plug into two outlets, and still be using one circuit.
Message edited by author 2010-01-25 10:04:03.
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01/25/2010 10:09:41 AM · #4 |
What  MelonMusketeer said... and I'll add that in hotels (and residences, for that matter) the bathroom is almost always on a separate circuit, because of GFCI requirements. So plug one light into an outlet in the main area, and the other into an outlet in the bathroom and you will almost certainly be on separate circuits. You'll probably need an extension cord; make sure it is rated for the current, many light-duty cords are not rated for the high current you are running. |
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01/25/2010 10:37:50 AM · #5 |
| Great...that's what I needed to hear. I was really afraid of blowing a fuze in the hotel.. I'll have one in the main room and one through the bathroom and still keep a surge protector on one of them. Right in time for the shoot too (she's in the bathroom putting on her make up. Thanks guys. |
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