What type of breaker/total load am i looking at if I'm attempting to run 15 games? I have an opportunity to have a separate circuit for the games done on Monday..but don't know what to ask for.
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Most classic titles draw close to 1 amp. Vectors are more like 2 and a half. You would be really hard pressed to find anything outside of a motion simulator that drew 7 amps.
In my old apartment I had 16 games on a 15 amp circuit with no issues at all.
putting 3 games on that 20 amp circuit would draw 21 amps which is 1 amp over the circuit breakers safety rating.
Ideally split the load between two 20 amp breakers and dont go cheap on the wiring. GO with a thicker gauge like 10 or 12 that way in the future if you add more games and outlets to what youve already done you can hook into what youve already done and swap breakers.
2 questions for you. what size wire would you use to feed a 20 amp circuit with? and what is the maximum allowable circuit ampacity rating for a general lighting/utilization circuit (hint-nec 210.23(A))?
Use 12 gauge wire for 20A breakers.
The nec can lick my balls. Why would using larger than needed wiring hurt anything?
When you go skimpy on the wire gauge+breakers rated with too high of an amperage rating is how fires happen. Not the other way around.
If you are going to do some wiring with the possibility of adding-on later, its pretty stupid to wire it all in with 12 or 14 gauge wire only to have to rip it all out later and rewire with larger gauge wire like 8 or 10.
If theres no possibility of add-ons later then by all means follow the bullshit electrical codes.
I agree but you arent getting the point.