Hello Guys,
I would like to install 6x Floodlights to the outside of a farm building.
2x of the lights will be 400w Metal Halide to light up the fields near by.
The other 4x lights will be 500w Halogen lights to light the entrances to the building.
Most of the instructions for the lights state 5A fused max.
4x 500W... 2000/230 = 8.7A
2x 400W... 800/230 = 3.5A (Believe I need to x 1.8 for the startup current?)
That is a total of 12.2A which would be too much for a 6A MCB.
What would be the way of of keeping the 5A fuse for each light as stated by companies, but allowing all the lights to go on one circuit?
Just to add, the wiring will 2.5mm HITUF cable as its a outside cable, double sheathed, and also as it a long cable run (90ft).
Thanks in advance for you help.
I would like to install 6x Floodlights to the outside of a farm building.
2x of the lights will be 400w Metal Halide to light up the fields near by.
The other 4x lights will be 500w Halogen lights to light the entrances to the building.
Most of the instructions for the lights state 5A fused max.
4x 500W... 2000/230 = 8.7A
2x 400W... 800/230 = 3.5A (Believe I need to x 1.8 for the startup current?)
That is a total of 12.2A which would be too much for a 6A MCB.
What would be the way of of keeping the 5A fuse for each light as stated by companies, but allowing all the lights to go on one circuit?
Just to add, the wiring will 2.5mm HITUF cable as its a outside cable, double sheathed, and also as it a long cable run (90ft).
Thanks in advance for you help.