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| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1134149 | 2010-09-02 22:37:00 | Not much you can do about that, unless you connect some of them to another power point somewhere else somehow. Or something is going to blow sooner or later. Or dont use the dryer in the same room | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1134150 | 2010-09-02 22:38:00 | If you put a higher capacity circuit breaker in you run the risk of overheating the wiring. You really need a separate circuit for the dryer from the sound of it. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1134151 | 2010-09-02 22:41:00 | The listed computer stuff doesn't add up to much although it is significant. Maybe 3 or 4 amps. The dryer might take 10 amps although they can have a higher starting current. That's 13 or 14 amps total. The usual breaker on a modern house is 20 amps. Older houses 15 amps. My guess is the breaker is either faulty or below the rating allowed for the particular house wiring. The computer stuff might tip the current over the edge but it's not the cause of the problem. One possible answer is not to start the dryer while the computer gear is running. Particularly don't re-start it. That's to avoid the high start-up current |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1134152 | 2010-09-02 22:41:00 | Thing is the dryer is no where near the computer room. There is a kitchen between the two so how can they be on the same circuit? |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1134153 | 2010-09-02 22:43:00 | The computer gear is never turned off BBCmicro, it has a job to do and needs to run to take care of that. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1134154 | 2010-09-02 22:44:00 | That rather depends on how your house is wired. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1134155 | 2010-09-02 22:48:00 | The listed computer stuff doesn't add up to much although it is significant. Maybe 3 or 4 amps. The dryer might take 10 amps although they can have a higher starting current. That's 13 or 14 amps total. The usual breaker on a modern house is 20 amps. Older houses 15 amps. My guess is the breaker is either faulty or below the rating allowed for the particular house wiring. The computer stuff might tip the current over the edge but it's not the cause of the problem. +1, have same issue here with kitchen stuff and oil heater in lounge....put on the kettle and trips the breaker....older house breaker start to lose resistance over time....you need newer breakers! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1134156 | 2010-09-02 22:48:00 | They can be. Its like here. The point the stereo is plugged into now, must be on the same circuit as the fridge and the washing machine. Because when the earth came out of the power point a few yrs ago, it fried my computer / the CPU (which was plugged into this power point). It also fried the controller on the washing machine in the process, and it also killed something in the fridge (to do with defrosting, because it started to leak water). Both of these aren't plugged into the same power point as the stereo. I had to buy another fridge, (because every day we had to empty the bottom (of the top of the fridge, it was full of water) and I had to pay $300 to replace the controller (it was about 171) I think, and for labour, and a few $ to replace the water outlet connection) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1134157 | 2010-09-02 22:48:00 | The house is about 5 years old | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1134158 | 2010-09-02 22:51:00 | Ok so say the kitchen is isolated and the laundry/computer room are on the same circuit. since this is not a all the time thing surely upping the current a little would be ok. There must be quite a bit of redundancy built into it to tolerate a small rise. |
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