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> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:06:46 -0800<BR>> From: adi@hexapodia.org<BR>> To: thatha@thatha.org<BR>> CC: sem@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [Sem] SEM moved to Science! area<BR>> <BR>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:32:12PM -0800, Ian Atha wrote:<BR>> > Does the SEM have special, non-standard, electrical requirements? Can<BR>> > you just plug it into the wall?<BR>> <BR>> The word on the street is it draws about 500W, 120VAC when active. So<BR>> yeah, it can just plug into the wall, but it takes most of a circuit by<BR>> itself.<BR><BR>
500W is a bunch of power (five 100W lightbulbs), but to put it in perspective, a toaster oven is usually 1200W, or so.<BR>
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Mitch.<BR>
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