Amp Draw Display?

[jtomasi]

Just curious, does this controller give you the amount of amp draw from the relay?

[rimai]

no

[jtomasi]

Leave it to me to find the one and only thing this controller doesn't have that some do. Could this ever be fixed in the future? I guess it would be a relay upgrade right? (along with added coding of course to display it)

This might be out of the scope of this forum, maybe more for reefcentral, but I live in an apartment and the outlets i will be hooking my system up to go to a breaker box on one breaker that is "10.0 AIC" (not sure what AIC means, kind of assuming its amps). Is this enough for a 250w hamilton MH, 4X65w PC, ATO pump, RO 110 Skimmer, controller, 20w PC for sump, two Maxijet 1200, Mag Drive 7? Obviously this is a hard question to ask.

Anyone please jump in....

[DrewPalmer04]

Amp interrupting capacity (max)

You can draw 10 amps before it pops basically. Do the math on your equip and see if it is less than 10 amps.

That easy

[00Warpig00]

I'm no electrician but 10 amps seems awful low for a normal residential circuit breaker in a breaker panel. Again, not an electrician but 95% of the breaker panels I have ever looked in have had 20 amp breakers, at least here in the US.

Nick

[DrewPalmer04]

well 10 amps is around 1200watts...

So that is not a lot at all...and probably NOT enough for all of your equipment.

15 amps is the minimum in the US I believe.

[binder]

15 amps is the minimum in the US I believe.

Yeah, most rooms are either 15 or 20 amps. You get into higher amp breakers when you work with your AC, Furnace, Stove/Range/Oven, Washer/Dryer, etc.

[DrewPalmer04]

Good guess/experience lol