Mitch murray
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I am running lights that will have a 500 ft run length and have six 700 watt lights spaced evenly space. Can I use 10 gauge wire the entire length?
just what do you base all this on???At 240 volts, you would be fine I think if the fixtures are wired in. I don't know about the use of outlets. It is not OK for 120 volts.
Even at 240V #10 is not even close to big enough.I am running lights that will have a 500 ft run length and have six 700 watt lights spaced evenly space. Can I use 10 gauge wire the entire length?
just what do you base all this on???
At 500 feet???watts/fixture: 700
fixtures: 6
watts: 4200
volts: 240
amps: 17.5
Amps/80%: 21.875
Can you do other than halogen?? Incandescent is so bloody inefficient. HID or LED would be FAR less wattage for the same light output so voltage drop will be much less of an issue.I am putting work lights on poles to light up an arena. So they are the halegen double bulb work light. I have 240 going to the arena and I'm actually running 6 lights on one side and six on the other. I have 6 up and running on one side and they are good but now I'm trying to install the other side.
Its a two bulb light fixture so 500 for one and 200 for the other. I'm on a tight budget and those lights were 20.00 a piece. I have #6 wire feeding 240 to a breaker box and one set will run off of one side and the other will run off of the other side in the breaker boxCan you do other than halogen?? Incandescent is so bloody inefficient. HID or LED would be FAR less wattage for the same light output so voltage drop will be much less of an issue.
Also, where are you finding 700 watt halogens? Never heard of them.
Since this is simply incandescent lighting it is more resistant to voltage drop. Best practice would be to use #4cu conductors for the full load. You could get away with smaller depending on the actual load.
What did you run to the first half of the lights? Now you are running a complete new feed to the rest?
I am running six fixture on 10 gauge right now and they seem to be working fine. The other run is twice as long though and that is my worryIts a two bulb light fixture so 500 for one and 200 for the other. I'm on a tight budget and those lights were 20.00 a piece. I have #6 wire feeding 240 to a breaker box and one set will run off of one side and the other will run off of the other side in the breaker box
Sorry to keep asking about this. So if I have a 240 circuit breaker box and I run 3 lights off of each circuit the longest run being 500 ft half in conduit underground and the other half in the pipe fence rail. I'm using thhn 10 gauge wire the whole way. It's outside and never touches anything that wil catch fire and run only at night but I do live in Arizona. Do you think that it is adequate? Or am I pushing the limits?Because of the wire's resistance, at higher loads, it acts like a heating element...it might work, but may have issues in the middle of summer during a heat wave when the wires can't cool by radiation like they can in the winter. THe wire has a heat rating, and depending on how they are run (overhead, underground, through a conduit, etc.) all affect how well they can dissipate heat and how much the circuit must be derated to be proper and safe, which is why I asked way back about what voltage, since 120vac circuit would take twice the amps of a 240vac circuit.
I am putting work lights on poles to light up an arena. So they are the halegen double bulb work light. I have 240 going to the arena and I'm actually running 6 lights on one side and six on the other. I have 6 up and running on one side and they are good but now I'm trying to install the other side.
This is awkward, but...
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