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Topic: Power Outage? - page 2. (Read 5812 times)

copper member
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June 06, 2011, 01:12:06 AM
#7

Step 1) Ask your Mom, Dad, Uncle, Super Intendent or anyone older than you to explain what a circuit-breaker box is.
Step 2) Ask them, or Google, Ohm's law.  Or figure this very simple formula out for yourself: Watts / Volts = Amps
Step 3) If the power went out in your whole house and not just your bedroom, recognize that you just wasted time.
Step 4) Go outside and look at your power meter.  Record it's current reading.
Step 5) Wait 24 hours
Step 6) Go compare and make sure you aren't spinning the meter faster than a BlueRay disc.
Step 7) If you still have OCD, call the power company and ask if there was an outage in your area instead of asking a forum to speculate for you.  You could save a lot of time by skipping to this step.

Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 406
Merit: 251
June 06, 2011, 01:06:21 AM
#6
Either keep mom's vacuum cleaner off your circuit and you should be good.

Hide mom's vacuum cleaner...and toaster oven and blender and hair dryer and...
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Merit: 10
June 06, 2011, 01:05:27 AM
#5
There are not generic answers to your questions. They are house-specific. We have no way of knowing how your house is structured. How many jelly beans are in my jar?
full member
Activity: 336
Merit: 100
June 06, 2011, 12:58:09 AM
#4
Either keep mom's vacuum cleaner off your circuit and you should be good.

XD
Okay, well how do I know which room is part of which circuit? And how much can each circuit take? I'm guessing around 2000w because that's what my computers were drawing.
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June 06, 2011, 12:56:12 AM
#3
Hope you stay safe but if you have an accident I want to hear about it, or be notified by next of kin.
newbie
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June 06, 2011, 12:55:53 AM
#2
Either keep mom's vacuum cleaner off your circuit and you should be good.
full member
Activity: 336
Merit: 100
June 06, 2011, 12:50:13 AM
#1
So..I got a power outage today. (kinda)

I've been running my two rigs for at least two weeks now, but this is the first time this has happened. The power for me and my sister's room got knocked out..couldn't turn on anything. My dad reset the breaker (I think) and it's fine now. The thing is, I don't think I'm actually using that much power. The two rigs running have a 950w and 850w.

How do I know how much electricity use is safe? I've moved the other rig to another room for now, but I'm scared what's going to happen to the next rig that's coming soon..
Since I know nothing about wiring, etc...

Thanks guys!
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