Relay box Ratings

maineultraclassic · Post by **maineultraclassic** » Thu May 29, 2014 5:58 am

What is each outlet on the relay box rated for?

I have 2 heaters that I could put to 1 outlet, but I don't want to risk damaging the outlet by overloading it.
The heaters are Aqueon Pro 250w, and the manufacturer says each pulls 2.083 amps..........so if I combine them to 1 outlet, that would be 4.16 amps.

Steve

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Thu May 29, 2014 8:15 am

5A max in each port but no more than 10A total in the box.

maineultraclassic · Post by **maineultraclassic** » Sat May 31, 2014 1:36 pm

And all the outlets are created equal? Meaning, there are special ones that should be used for the heaters?

Is there such a thing as an outlet box that you could plug the heaters into, then have 2 power cords from it. One to a regular outlet, and the other goes to the relay box and would trigger a relay inside it? So the power from the heaters would come from the wall outlet, and the relay box would only send power to trip the relay.

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Sat May 31, 2014 3:56 pm

They are all fine for heaters, although port 5 and 6 have dampening components for constant on/off of powerheads when used as wavemaker.
This such outlet box that you are referring does exist. I remember I sent a link of such thing to someone. It's fairly expensive though. If I remember correctly, it was $69.
I have made a few of those at the same price as special order too in the past.

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