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Re: My Wall Caught On Fire!---A Classic *Mangia*

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Originally Posted by Aignam

I was thinking of making a power map of my room and nearby rooms and seeing if any outlet in my room was on a different breaker or perhaps running an extension cord to an outlet on another breaker, assuming that distance isn't terribly far.
Unfortunately this doesn't fix the underlying problem. Simple fact is since there's been heat and smoke chances are good that something has suffered damage.

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Originally Posted by Aignam
Can a 20 amp breaker handle 2 PC's, 2 Monitors, an Alarm Clock, a Cable Box, a stereo, any combination of a PS2/Gamecube/X-Box/DVD Player/VCR with a 36" TV, and two chargers for portable devices at once? Or is that a bit much?
Look at the back of the individual devices and they should mention how much amperage they draw. If all those devices are on the same line add them up.
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