Keep on tripping 15A Breaker. Please help..

Couple of points:
1. Breakers primarily protect the building wiring and receptacles. Not the stuff plugged into them. Size your cords and power strips properly.
2. Breakers are rated in Amps, not Watts. Unless your PS has a perfect power factor, you won't get 1800 watts out of a 15 amp breaker. May be why it is tripping when you think the draw is below the limit.

Just noticed your latest post. Someone using a hair dryer during a high power computer run would almost certainly cause a breaker trip.
 
yup just like how I cant boil water in my electric kettle and run my microwave at the same time. idk how many f'n times my idiot roommate tripped it and couldnt figure out how to reset it. "what really I can run two 1000w+ devices at the same time?!" id get home and my kitchen is all dark....
 
pendragon1 said:
that is deff a washer outlet. but you are wrong. anything 120v can plug into it just fine and it will work just fine. the socket is simply able to support up to 20 amps. trust me, ive installed dozens of them into every big orange hardware store in my province even though they didn't really need them(according to the journeyman electrician working with me). everything connected was standard 15a three prong but they requested 20a. still working great years later!

like I said, washer outlet. soon as he said he used a normal extension cord. It would take someone reeaaal special to jam one into the dryer sockets!

skip amazon and run to your local. shit Walmart even. and yeah that cord is fine and you pc load is well below it rating. get one that is appropriate length as you don't want a bunch coiled up.
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I didn't say anything 120v couldn't be plugged into it. I said it wouldn't be usable by most electric dryers because most electric dryers need a 240/120v-30a supply.
 
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