Electric distribution

Higher load equipments

In indoor gardening, the triggered electric distribution box is a useful complement to the horticultural controller allowing to feed high power equipment. It is difficult to design a horticultural controller, easy to use and plug, also able to manage all possible variations of voltage and currents required by equipments used in small and large gardens. Different heating equipments can accept commands on a 24 Volts AC, or on 110-120 Volts AC or on 220-240 Volts Ac and sometimes on triphased electric current. The same thing happens with the air conditioning systems and with HID lamps. In the case of simple connexions using 110Volts AC and 220Volts AC, PLUG'N'GROW offers triggered switch boxes to feed most heavy load equipments. The triggered switch box is activated by a controller. When the controller switches to ON, the switch box is activated.  An electric switch box plugged to a cheap timer can feed many HID lamps. If the trigger cable is plugged in the outlet of the controller managing heating, the switch box can feed many small heaters or a larger unit depending on the selected switch box. To cool your garden, you can use many small air conditioners requiring 15 Amperes each plugged into a PLUG'N'GROW switch box.  The triggered switch PLUG'N'GROW boxes can be plugged directly to the electric panel of the building on a circuit protected by a fuse or breaker. If it is a 220-240 Volts AC switch box, it may use a power cord to a dryer or to a kitchen stove plug both being already connected on a protected circuit using a fuse or a breaker.

Safety devices

The electric distribution PLUG'N'GROW triggered switch boxes also offers safety devices.  Each electrical outlet is protected by a breaker accepting a load of 15 Amperes. The triggered switch PLUG'N'GROW boxes are also equipped with a timer to delay the feeding of the equipments in case of power failure. This adjustable timer protects the HID lights which need to cool down before to restart to avoid burning the bulbs. The timer is also useful to delay the starting of the heating equipment or the air conditioning system. It then decreases the power required when it gets back online. In many areas, the equipments of the electricity company are old and fragile: if the power line is overloaded after a failure, it can induce another breakdown. Each consumer can give a chance to the regional utility starting their equipments with delays to reduce the amount of power required at that time.