So last night I was cleaning my garage so I could actually PLAY my games (imagine that!) and I had all the games plugged in this order w/surge protectors:
Outlet 1 on left wall:
Captain Fantastic
Super Mario Bros
Ms Pac Man
Galaga
GORF
Defender Cocktail
Outlet 2 on right wall:
Tempest
Pole Position
Pole Position 2
Warlords Cocktail
Centipede
Dig Dug
Asteroids
Paperboy
Punch Out!!
Puzzle Bobble 4
Admittedly, my setup on Outlet 2 was risky, and probably a stupid idea as I had a few more plugged in than what the surge protector could hold. But everything seemed to be working fine until I started a game on Super Mario Bros. Thats when everything went POW and the garage breaker popped and everything went dark. Sort of startling when youre working in pitch black at 10pm. D'oh!
So what I did was I moved the games on Outlet 2 to a different outlet on a different breaker. Everything seemed to run much better until about a half hour of usage and the surge protector shorted out and killed the row, popping the line fuse in Pole Position and Asteroids.
So ultimately, my question is...what is the safest way to get these games on one breaker? or even two? Also, my house was built in the late 60s and the thought of overpowering my existing wiring and starting a fire in the attic is always on my mind.
Outlet 1 on left wall:
Captain Fantastic
Super Mario Bros
Ms Pac Man
Galaga
GORF
Defender Cocktail
Outlet 2 on right wall:
Tempest
Pole Position
Pole Position 2
Warlords Cocktail
Centipede
Dig Dug
Asteroids
Paperboy
Punch Out!!
Puzzle Bobble 4
Admittedly, my setup on Outlet 2 was risky, and probably a stupid idea as I had a few more plugged in than what the surge protector could hold. But everything seemed to be working fine until I started a game on Super Mario Bros. Thats when everything went POW and the garage breaker popped and everything went dark. Sort of startling when youre working in pitch black at 10pm. D'oh!
So what I did was I moved the games on Outlet 2 to a different outlet on a different breaker. Everything seemed to run much better until about a half hour of usage and the surge protector shorted out and killed the row, popping the line fuse in Pole Position and Asteroids.
So ultimately, my question is...what is the safest way to get these games on one breaker? or even two? Also, my house was built in the late 60s and the thought of overpowering my existing wiring and starting a fire in the attic is always on my mind.




