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how power hungry can a game room be?
ViciousXUSMC:
Just plug your stuff into one of these: http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html
They cost like $15 or so.
Read the ratting, compare it to your power bill and you will know how much it will cost.
If your looking to save power dont leave it on 24/7 only use it when you need it, get a plug timer and have it shut off in the middle of the night when you know it wont be in use.
MonMotha:
Any game room with more than about 5-10 cabinets, especially dedicated ones with lots of extra gee-gaws such as lights, force feedback, huge monitors, mega audio, etc. will probably need at least 2 15A circuits. If you're installing stuff special, go with 3x 20A. My basement gameroom has 3x 20A + 2x 15A (the 15A are both shared with some lights), and I've got the materials to install a 20A 240V circuit in case I ever need it e.g. for a giant air compressor for a deluxe driving game or foreign games w/o transformers, but haven't had the need yet.
For just a couple plain-jane video cabinets or pinballs, a standard household 15A circuit with some lights and other minimal loading will probably be fine.
The Kill-A-Watt people have mentioned can be handy, but be aware that it tends to read improperly on non-linear loads like switch mode power supplies commonly found in modern arcade games (late 80s and beyond), PCs, and monitors (including those without a SMPS as they still have the input rectifier). SMPSs with PFC (power factor correction) may read a little more accurately, but the load is still usually non-linear, which is what really messes the thing up. It's meant for measuring appliances like refrigerators with motors.
THE POKER BRAT:
what i would do is the following,.....cram as many machines as you can into one room,
turn on all the lights in the house,
then turn up the microwave at full blast along with the air conditioners, fans, radios, stereos, computers, then,....wrap the whole house with christmas lightsthen invite this guy to come over ~~> :gobama then,.....plug up all those things all together into ONE power strip,....and plug the power strip into a wall socket,....and then...."FLIP THE SWITCH" :laugh2:
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