thanks a lot peeps. all your advice has been very helpful regarding this extremely important topic. as far as i understand it i could have blown the entire house up, thus placing myself and everyone who lives here at risk. my intention now is to "borrow" power from the garage using an extension cord that runs through the garage and through the bricks outside my bedroom, and into the closet. this cord will be dedicated to supplying power to ONLY the 1000W HPS and 300 CFM inline fan. i plan on starting a grow log once i order in the missing parts for my digi cam. later.