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Solder irons for electronics are actually 25W to 35W each, so 5 of them on at once is about 2 Amps (rounded up).<BR>
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<BR>-----------------<BR>> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:45:17 -0700<BR>> From: adi@hexapodia.org<BR>> To: jim@well.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] electrical upgrade info on wiki<BR>> CC: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> <BR>> On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 11:11:19AM -0700, jim wrote:<BR>> > the plan for upgrading electricity in 83c <BR>> > is on the discussion (talk) page here: <BR>> > <BR>> > https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php/Talk:Electricity_Upgrade <BR>> > <BR>> > caveat: it is mainly a boring detail of pipes <BR>> > and wires, with some more general, possibly <BR>> > interesting ideas at bottom. <BR>> <BR>> I have added one response to the Talk page:<BR>> <BR>> The loft will have two large electric users -- soldering irons, and<BR>> rackmount computers. I would expect a max of 5 200W soldering irons<BR>> in use (call it 10 Amps), and a max of 10 machines at 200w each, or<BR>> about 17 A. (Some of the machines will draw more but most will draw<BR>> less.) We should verify the specs on the large UPS that's upstairs.<BR>> There will also be misc users like lab gear, maybe another 5A to be<BR>> generous.<BR>> <BR>> -andy<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<BR>> Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<BR><BR></body>
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