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>My entire panel is only good for 150A of service, so I am wondering if I could even fill up a battlefield match before my main trips. Keep in mind, while the
by xnyan 4y ago
>My entire panel is only good for 150A of service, so I am wondering if I could even fill up a battlefield match before my main trips.
Keep in mind, while the US uses 120V at the outlet, virtually all residential service is 240V (typically two phases of 120V), so in theory your home has 240V@150A=36 kilowatts of peak capacity. With some high gauge extension cords to distribute the load to different circuits in your house, you'll likely run out of space or friends before you run out of power.
- shepherdjerred 4y agoI hosted a LAN party earlier this year, and I did exactly this! Bunch of extension cords to distribute the load across the breakers
- jakogut 4y ago> typically two phases of 120V It's still single phase, one AC sine wave. The transformer supplies power using three current carrying conductors, two hots, and a neutral. The voltage, or potential difference, between the two hots is 240V. The neutral is a center tap on the transformer, and the voltage between each of the hots and the neutral is 120V. This allows circuits to use either or both 120/240V. You are correct, however, in your math for total capacity.