Will I overload my fuse box?

[unrealsword]

Hey guys with all the recent upgrades I've been thinking.
In my current room I have a total of 4 wall sockets as so (red is wall socket)

On my right I have two surge protectors plugged into the red socket by the table of stuff.
Currently plugged into the two surge protectors (both 6 plugs available)
* 20" acer lcd
* 19" acer lcd
* Main PC (620hx power supply)
* Xbox 360
* 5.1 speaker system
* Fiber optics router
* VO-IP phone
* Printer

In front and to the right of the table of stuff is a window with an AC. Last summer I tried to plug the ac into both the right socket and the botom socket to the left and bellow of table of stuff, but my breaker would overload and pop. So instead what I did was extend a cable from downstairs to the ac. This fixed that problem.

Now onto my main question:

I want to plug the following into right and botom sockets by the table of stuff
* 30" XHD3000
* 20" LCD
* 5.1 speaker system
* pc with 620hx
* xbox 360
* nintendo wii
* playstation 3
* printer
* fiber router box
* vo-ip phone

Will this overload the 2 wall sockets and three surge protectors? Or will I have to extend the cable from downstairs again? The XHD3000 and the PS3 will be coming next week (wii/360 already here) so I would like to determine what will be needed so I can drill a dedicated cable from downstairs. Thanks guys

 

[engiNURD]

I want to plug the following into right and botom sockets by the table of stuff
* 30" XHD3000
* 20" LCD
* 5.1 speaker system
* pc with 620hx
* xbox 360
* nintendo wii
* playstation 3
* printer
* fiber router box
* vo-ip phone

Will this overload the 2 wall sockets and three surge protectors?

I don't want to get technical because I'm not an electrician, but all those items you listed should not trip a modern circuit.

As for the surge protectors, it depends on the models and what they're capable of protecting.

 

[Hurdler]

What kind of a printer do you have? If you have a laser, then you will definitely trip the circuit. Otherwise you should be fine, but I definitely wouldn't run everything at once.

 

[zepper]

At least one of the outlets in the room could be on a separate circuit. If not, I'd make it so. You can test by tripping the breaker to your room then first test each outlet to be sure it is dead.- if you switched the breaker off than any outlet that's still live would be on a separate circuit. As another said, all that gear shouldn't overload a circuit (except along with a large laser printer), but you should be sure that no outlets outside your room are on the same circuit as someone else could help you overload it... I think the uniform electrical code has it that all outlets in a bedroom should be on the same circuit, so if you trip the breaker for it, all the outlets should be dead. If one or more are on a separate circuit, it should be marked in an obvious way.

I doubt you'd be using all that stuff at the same time anyway.

.bh.

 

[unrealsword]

The printer is a hp 1210

 

[Injection of <3]

I dont know about you but the circuit breakers in my apartment are rated for like 10kw each, so it takes simultaneous use of microwave/dishwasher/AC to trip them. None of the stuff you listed really consumes that much so I think you'll be fine.

 

[unrealsword]

Thanks a lot guys!

 

[[Spectre]]

I dont know about you but the circuit breakers in my apartment are rated for like 10kw each, so it takes simultaneous use of microwave/dishwasher/AC to trip them. None of the stuff you listed really consumes that much so I think you'll be fine.

You have an 83.3A breaker?

 

[wankelguy13b]

I dont know about you but the circuit breakers in my apartment are rated for like 10kw each, so it takes simultaneous use of microwave/dishwasher/AC to trip them. None of the stuff you listed really consumes that much so I think you'll be fine.

Maybe the main breaker for the panel is rated at 10kw, doubt one breaker for every outlet of one apartment. The wire size will be outrageous if you had a breaker that size.

 

[unrealsword]

After some testing it turns out that the socket at the top center is not connected to the other 3 (by turning of breakers downstairs and finding out where power was at what switch). Thanks again people I got this down

 

[RamonGTP]

I dont know about you but the circuit breakers in my apartment are rated for like 10kw each, so it takes simultaneous use of microwave/dishwasher/AC to trip them. None of the stuff you listed really consumes that much so I think you'll be fine.

10kw for each appartment complex perhaps, not each individual circuit.

Here is what I've got on a single 15a circuit

• Main rig (specs in sig) with two 19" monitors
• Server
  • X2 4200+ 2GB ram, 4 hard drives
• HTPC
  • X2 3600+@2.6GHz, 2GB ram, 2 drives, x1950Pro
• Networking equipment
  • Cable Modem
  • Router
  • 16 port switch
  • Wireless Access Point
• 46" Sharp Aquos LCD tv
• HD-DVR box
• 5.1 Surroud system with receiver and powered sub woofer
• DVD Player
• PS2
• Wii
• Ceiling fan w/2 CFL's
• A laptop or two at times
• 2 APC UPS'

The only time a circuit trips is when someone plugs in a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer in the same curcuit when everything or just about everything is turned on.