Powering on and off

Tighe

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Hi Everyone,

I am just wondering what everyone does for their cabinets in terms for powering them on and off. The power switches on my cabinets are such a pain to reach, I was thinking of adding a switched outlet for them. What do you guys do?

Also any idea what the amperage requirements is per cabinet approx? I want to run a separate circuit and don't want to spend a fortune on copper. It is so expensive these days.

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You can usually figure out the max amp draw per cabinet by checking the main line fuse rating. Most cabs will have about a 3-amp draw.

I have a 5-ft surge protector behind my wall of working games, and it is plugged into an outlet controlled by a light switch. I flip the switch and that wall comes on....
 
i run mine off of a power strip. 4 cabinets per power strip. I dunno whats recommended buts its worked for me. I want to get a power strip that uses a remote...amazon.com sells them.
 
You can usually figure out the max amp draw per cabinet by checking the main line fuse rating. Most cabs will have about a 3-amp draw.

I have a 5-ft surge protector behind my wall of working games, and it is plugged into an outlet controlled by a light switch. I flip the switch and that wall comes on....

I think Mod means that most cabs will have a rated 3-amp MAX draw. Meaning that the power-up surge MAY hit 3amps.

For the most part this general guide is applicable:

19" raster game - 1 amp
19" medium res raster game - 2 amps
25" raster game - 1.5 amps
19" vector game - 2 amps
25" vector game - 2.25 amps

I use this to power up my games. I have one on each side of the game room...they can be had on ebay for about $20 or so and plug in to a standard wall socket. They're rated for up to 15A.

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I have 4 vids and a pin running on a surge protector with no problems, running on the same circuit as the washer/dryer. For now I am just using the switch on the surge protector until the basement *might* get finished someday, then I might add a wall switch to the mix and put the games on their own circuit.
 
i guess i'm just not a purist, but i added a switch on top behind the marquee to each of my games. I think the switches are about 3 bucks each, and about 10' to 12' of black 14 gauge wire each.
 
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