Re: Power consumption

Chris,

The reason I would use 20a outlets is to allow for a 20a breaker. By my
thinking (and I'm NOT an electrician), if I have games sucking down 9amps
from each outlet in a duplex, I haven't exceeded my 20a wire, but I have
exceeded a 15a outlet. My concern would be overheating of the outlet causing
a problem, more likely a ruined outlet than a fire over a long period of
time.

Yes, at home very few appliances are 20a (big coffee makers,
refridgerators). My goal here is to run as few circuits as I can and allow
some room for growth. Also I want to be able to plug in a vacuum clean or
something and not trip a breaker.

/harry

>From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com>
>Reply-To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
>To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
>Subject: Re: VECTOR: Power consumption
>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 10:03:08 -0400 (EDT)
>
>On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Harry Collins wrote:
>
> > For outlets I'm going to use true 20a outlets. They have the funny
>little
> > horizontal tab on the right hand spade.
>
>It may not be worth the extra cost. The only thing that would get you
>would
>be the ability to plug in a single unit that needed a 20 amp feed
>itself. The plug for a 20 amp piece of equipment is different. Instead of
>the two blades being parallel, they are at right anlges, so you can't plug
>it in to a standard 15 amp service. The outlet with one 'T' shaped hole is
>so you can plug either a 15 or 20 amp piece of equipment into it.
>
>Other than a big honking UPS, or a REALLY big air conditioner, I can't
>think
>of any 20 amp piece of equipment you would need in a home. An arcade is
>going to have lots of lower amperage equipment.
>
>-Chris
>
>
>==========================================================
>Chris Candreva -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816
>WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
>http://www.westnet.com/
>
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Received on Thu Oct 12 15:26:19 2000