Can I use one power cord (from wall) for two ballasts?

[Vincerama]

Due to some poor planning on my part I ended up with two 1x36w Bright Kits from AHSupply (instead of the 2x36w kit)

So I have two ballasts.

 

I just made a ballast box with on/off switches and stuff, but I have two powercords running out of it.

 

Can I just wire the on/off switches to the same powercord (ie; cord that goes to the wall?) Or is that too much load on a single cord. I don't know the max ratings of the cord or the guage of the wires in the cord.

 

I guess the advantage of the 2 plugs is that I can put them on seperate timers and do a dawn/dusk thing with them...but my power strip is loaded down with so many things already (skimmer, pumps, hob, etc).

 

Thanks!

 

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[lizbeth]

Yes you can run both on one power cord but as you said if you run two you can do two timers which I like.

[harbingerofthefish]

or you can get one of those short 3 prong ext. cords and plug both timers in to it. If you look around you can find ones with plugs on both sides.