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I have bigger things to worry about personally as far as my energy consumption is concerned, but the main way this impacts me is that my wife and I probably nee
by rimunroe 4y ago
I have bigger things to worry about personally as far as my energy consumption is concerned, but the main way this impacts me is that my wife and I probably need to get some electrical work done in order to support our devices being in the same room. Our two gaming computer towers theoretically have a maximum combined power draw of 1800 Watts, which is well above the 1450 W which I think is the maximum sustained (not burst) load for a 15 A residential circuit in the US. This is ignoring the few hundred extra watts for monitors, speakers, laptops, and a couple lamps.
- snarfy 4y agoYour 15A circuit will support 15A * 125V = 1875W
- rimunroe 4y agoMy understanding is that the maximum should only be used for short periods of time, like for microwaves and hair dryers, rather than for sustained loads like a heater or computer. I think sustained loads are supposed to be 80% of the maximum load the breaker can handle.