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Dan Lambert

> -----Original Message-----
&gt; From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jim
&gt; Lynch
&gt; Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:15 PM
&gt; To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
&gt; Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Running computers in an older home (read
&gt; oldercircuitry)
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; John,
&gt;
&gt; It probably depends on how big the service is.  It's possible the service
&gt; was only 30-60 amps when the house was built.  An absolute minimum for
&gt; today is 100.  Since you mentioned it has circuit breakers, I
&gt; suspect they
&gt; might have upgraded the service (hope so) when the built the
&gt; addition.  If
&gt; your electrical usage is small (gas hot water and oven, for instance) you
&gt; will be able to get by with 100 amp service.  But if it is an all
&gt; electric
&gt; house, I'd factor upgrading to 200 amps into your budget soon.
&gt; As far as
&gt; computing equipment is concerned, unless you're going to run some big
&gt; servers, like a rack's worth.  Don't worry about it.  All that stuff will
&gt; hang off of a standard 15 A circuit without any trouble. I run 3
&gt; computers,
&gt; modem, vpn, router, printer, scanner, a ham radio station consisting of a
&gt; 12V 20A power supply, a 100 W output transceiver, an antenna rotator, a
&gt; desk lamp and a 600 watt amplifier from one 15 A circuit.  I think that's
&gt; all. 8)
&gt;
&gt; Simply put, supplying your computer shouldn't be a big deal.  If it is,
&gt; then you've got bigger problems.
&gt;
&gt; Jim.



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