Re: Power consumption

Or, for the full sci-fi movie effect, put X-10 appliance modules on each game
and have a computer turn them on in sequence one (or two) at a time about 1/4
second apart while making a "chunk chunk chunk chunk" sound. Looks neat in the
sci-fi movies when they do that with lights.

But seriously, if you are going to wire a room please do yourself a favor and
try to keep the load balanced about both "phases" of the incoming 240 volts.
Will cost you a little less on power (power company meter is kinder to balanced
loads, or so I've heard), and keeps surges to a minimum.

Someone mentioned not using breakers to turn on/off a game room. Probably sound
advice, but I've never yet seen a business that doesn't use the breakers every
day for just that. The bowling alley I part-timed at did that for its entire
30+ year existence using the old Bulldog Pushmatic breakers. Showbiz
Pizza/Upchuck Cheese does the same thing. You show me a place that actually
unplug machines or use the power switches on the machines and I'll show you a
place that doesn't have more than a dozen or so.

Clay Cowgill wrote:

> >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.
>
> One reasonable application is to hook up a couple of beefy "power-strips" to
> the plug. (In my A/V closet each plug on the 20A outlet goes to a
> heavy-duty Vanguard power conditioner/outlet farm.) I don't know if it
> really makes any difference or not, but it makes me feel a little better
> about drawing ~10A off a single plug...
>
> -Clay
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