Thread: 2013 Western Canadian FRC Regional Pit Power
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Re: 2013 Western Canadian FRC Regional Pit Power
A singular typical household North American AC outlet can push ~1500W. There's just no way that they actually meant 10W/team. A 2A trickle charge @ 12VDC is 24W.

I would estimate a typical FRC team's pit power needs as follows:

Continuous:
6x 6A battery chargers @12VDC = 6x72W = 432W
2x Laptop power supplies (programming/driver station) @ 75W = 150W

Intermittent:
Corded Drill @ ~350W
Benchtop Bandsaw @ ~300W
Benchtop Drillpress @ ~400W
Incandescent Worklight @ 60-100W

Peak usage: 432 + 150 + 350 + 300 + 400 + 100 = 1732W, or just a bit more than a regular 15A circuit could provide, if they wanted to use everything at once.