have your electrician tie a #10 wire to your #14 and pullit back from the room to the circuit panel,pull your 15 amp breaker and replace it with a 30 amp, replace room sockets with 20 amp,only problem would be how many wires are sharing that conduit pipe and will he be able to pull it thru
Wht do I keep blowing fuse?
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CONDUIT? We have to remember Murphy's law, that wire is probably nailed to a stud every 2 feet!
I'm finding this trader's dilemma very interesting, and I'm glad it's NOT me. I think Slave2Market has a great troubleshooting idea by quickly eliminating the possibility of a faulty UPS box/boxes.
As Bolimomo questioned, the numbers don't add up. If Watts=amps x volts, then on paper a 15 amp breaker X 120 volts should TRIP @ 1800 watts
I have an APC RS 1500 UPS and it has a display screen on the front that shows how much load is being drawn. I just built a new computer and wanted to test a few things anyway, so today I put my AMD six core thru a benchmark test and kept an eye on the amount of current my computer and 4 monitors pulled. I was very surprised that the MAXIMUM DRAW was 254 watts. Using the equation above my amperage draw is 2.1 amps.
During this test I also had the RS 1500 plugged into my Kill-A-Watt meter and as best I could, checked amp and watt usage during the tests. Since this meter is reading the draw on BOTH the UPS and the computer/monitors I excepted higher readings. The HIGHEST reading I registered on the Kill-A-Watt meter was 3.04 amps or 365 watts (@ 120 volts per the equation).
I sure hope kpatter follows up and posts the outcome to his situation, no matter how embarrassing. :eek:
http://www.meritline.com/apc-back-u...br1500lcd-retail---p-38967.aspx?source=fghdac
As Bolimomo questioned, the numbers don't add up. If Watts=amps x volts, then on paper a 15 amp breaker X 120 volts should TRIP @ 1800 watts
I have an APC RS 1500 UPS and it has a display screen on the front that shows how much load is being drawn. I just built a new computer and wanted to test a few things anyway, so today I put my AMD six core thru a benchmark test and kept an eye on the amount of current my computer and 4 monitors pulled. I was very surprised that the MAXIMUM DRAW was 254 watts. Using the equation above my amperage draw is 2.1 amps.
During this test I also had the RS 1500 plugged into my Kill-A-Watt meter and as best I could, checked amp and watt usage during the tests. Since this meter is reading the draw on BOTH the UPS and the computer/monitors I excepted higher readings. The HIGHEST reading I registered on the Kill-A-Watt meter was 3.04 amps or 365 watts (@ 120 volts per the equation).
I sure hope kpatter follows up and posts the outcome to his situation, no matter how embarrassing. :eek:
http://www.meritline.com/apc-back-u...br1500lcd-retail---p-38967.aspx?source=fghdac
