[GLLUG] Laurel Park Room

[Jason Green]

On 3/7/06, Charles Ulrich <charles at idealso.com> wrote:
> Power is still something of a variable (gaming machines or not) until we
> get more info from the hotel. Can someone make a good guess at how many
> amps an average PC with 17" monitor will pull?

Taken from here:  http://www.twistedmods.com/article.php?artid=136

Another use for this information is in planning a LAN party. Most
household circuits are rated at 20 amps. To prevent the breaker from
tripping, you should load up the circuit to no more than 80% of its
rating. That means you have 16 amps per circuit. If a typical monitor
draws 0.8 amps, and a typical computer draws 1.0 amps, that means you
can safely fit about eight people on one circuit (approximately 2 amps
per person * 8 people = 16 amps) without overloading it, assuming the
circuit has no other loads on it.

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This is assuming the attendants aren't bringing super powerful gaming
machines that require 600 watt power supplies, too.  Also, do you know
if each outlet is on its own circuit, or if it's one circuit for the
whole room?