Power and the RA82

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:

> For the sake of your home, I would recommend getting another additional
> circuit into your computer room, most homes (unless you request and pay
> for) have 15a rated circuit wiring and can carry 20a loads if you
> upgrade the breaker, but if you go above that you are now risking
> overheat on your wiring and outlets and you could be risking a fire.

NO! NO! NO!  BAD ADVICE!

One should never replace a breaker with a higher rated one unless they are
sure the wiring can accomodate the increased amperage.  A 15A breaker
requires 14 guage wire.  A 20A breaker requires 12 guage wire.  Putting a
20A breaker on 14 guage wire is flirting with disaster.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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