Less then 20’ more like 10’. I can touch my panel box and all of my tents without moving lmao. So nope. this is great and shitty cause more and more it’s the light. But that may mean I have to spend more money.
Can you take the light back. If not slide me his face book and I’ll destroy him for you.
working on that hopefully yes. But I have to make sure it not on my end. He is trying to fix it now but not very hard if you ask me. I’ve gotten way more help here today in a couple hrs then I have in the last two weeks with him.
I'd also test without the dimmer if possible.There is no way that your feed for a 600 watt light needs more than your current #12 circuit. You are pulling less than 6 amps from a circuit safely capable (I'm guessing a bit here) of at least 20 amps. The problem is either the timer or more likely IMO the ballast on your light. Telling you to upgrade that circuit is absolute bs.
If I were you, I would re-test without the timer on another circuit (any 15 amp circuit is more than enough) just in the odd chance that there is something other than the wire gauge going on with the current one. If the light behaves the same way on a separate circuit and not timer, I think the light is the problem. If it works fine without the timer, but not with it, the timer is the problem.
Good luck with it.
I was mistakenly assuming that the dimmer was part of the ballast, but you fixed that! Same idea re. testing, @Daledenton84 just do one component at a time.
No cutting until you know that you can't or won't take it back. As suggested, maybe just take the light in to the grow shop and get them to show you that it works. Which of course, it now seems it will not. Then comes @Cave Dirt Cody on Facebook.
I was assuming less length than needing #10 and we know about assumptions! It is great to have a real electrician to help out with this stuff, you are a great help here.
