ultimate157
5,000+ posts
Engineering Student
UPC's are only battery backups with surge protection. They offer no sort of capacitance.
As far as your power issue, not much you can do. Maybe run another line of 110 to the room and add a box somewhere on another breaker
As far as your power issue, not much you can do. Maybe run another line of 110 to the room and add a box somewhere on another breaker
Calikid
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Stack That Paper
holy shit, 1800 watts each, what r u trying to do, demolish youre house???
Wire up a dedicated circuit just for the audio equipment.
Should be able to run the wire and install the outlet in an afternoon. If you're not comfortable actually connecting the breaker and installing it in the breaker box, just have a local electrician come out and finish up that last step for ya. Shouldn't be too expensive.
Should be able to run the wire and install the outlet in an afternoon. If you're not comfortable actually connecting the breaker and installing it in the breaker box, just have a local electrician come out and finish up that last step for ya. Shouldn't be too expensive.
Hook up your system, play music and see what happens. Don't fix a problem
that doesn't yet exist.
I run four proamps on my temp home install, but two of the amps need
an extension cord that is plugged into another room, I run the wire along
the wall. It's a ghetto solution but I have tunes for the past year, otherwise
I'd be tripping the breaker every 5 minutes.
If you have big dollars you can have an electrician install more wiring
but do you really want to spend the money if you can cheat? lol
that doesn't yet exist.
I run four proamps on my temp home install, but two of the amps need
an extension cord that is plugged into another room, I run the wire along
the wall. It's a ghetto solution but I have tunes for the past year, otherwise
I'd be tripping the breaker every 5 minutes.
If you have big dollars you can have an electrician install more wiring
but do you really want to spend the money if you can cheat? lol
ultimate157
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Engineering Student
//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Cheating burns houses down //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
A dedicated breaker your best solution. I only have 3 outlets in my room, and having two big screens plugged in on the same breaker (living room TV and my 47") caused the breaker to trip pretty often.
A dedicated breaker your best solution. I only have 3 outlets in my room, and having two big screens plugged in on the same breaker (living room TV and my 47") caused the breaker to trip pretty often.
So does smoking a cigarette in your house or using your gas stove //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif
btnhfan
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Hail to the King Baby!!!!
^What about a fireplace?
DBfan187
5,000+ posts
Supa's mom was here!
it's not that hard to add another outlet.
brendan_121212
Banned
Yes, definately get an electrician to install a dedicated circuit, or do it yourself if you feel comfortable doing it. Never knowingly overload a circuit, and DO NOT PUT a larger breaker or fuse in.
ultimate157
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Engineering Student
$5,000 in audio equipment and you're telling the guy to knowingly overload a circuit in his house in the hopes of MAYBE they wont draw enough power to trip the breaker? Awesome.
Clearly money isnt an issue here, so take the time and do it right. Add a circuit or 4 into the room. The wall behind our TV consists of 4 sets of outlets, each on its own breaker.
14/3 romex from the panel to a recepticle (gfi if your serious about it lol) on a 15a breaker. alot of attic climbing but its not hard at all. cheaper if you do it yourself too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif home depot will have that shit too.
if you do do it be sure the MAIN is OFF. im not responsible for your serious injuries/death. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
if you do do it be sure the MAIN is OFF. im not responsible for your serious injuries/death. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
14 guage wire is good for a 15 amp beaker, 12 guage wire is good for a 20 amp breaker. If you run 14/3 that is 2 circuits. If you only want 1 circuit run either 14/2 or 12/2 romex. How old is your house? If your bedroom is on an exterior wall you could just run pipe and LB into your room. Also how many amps in your existing service? You do not want to overload the panel. I am an Electrician, PM me any questions you have.
word. i was an apprentice for 4 months but picked up alot of knowledge.
* Overloading a circuit will trip the breaker. Tripping the breaker is what protects
the wiring from the real overload that heats up the wire and if hot enough, can
cause a fire. You can overload a circuit all day if you want provided that is has
the proper circuit breaker.
* I'm not telling him to overload a circuit, rather you install the system and try it out to see if the breaker really trips. Music has a low duty cycle and power consumption is much less than looking at rms values. People make this mistake
daily on every forum, judging electrical needs based on rms values.
* If there is a problem, install a new electricial circuit or you can just run
an extension cord into a different outlet on a different circuit to operate the
system. Extension cords are used to power equipment that have short cords,
that's why they are called extension cords, lol.. They aren't meant to be permanent installs, rather temporary use as we don't want extension cords
running all over the house. But because you used them, doesn't mean a hazzard
is more likely to happen vs. the same guage wire installed behind your drywall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif ... The same laws of science apply to wires outside the walls
as they do inside the walls.
Each BP7000SC combines a new built-in 14" SuperCube® subwoofer driven by an 1800-Watt class D amplifier, two pressure-driven 14" infrasonic radiators and bipolar dual D’Appolito front and rear mounted driver arrays each consisting of two high-definition cast-basket 6-1/2" Definitive bass/midrange drivers surrounding a 1" annealed pure aluminum dome Definitive tweeter.
One circuit can easily operate this.
* 1800w class D amp playing music won't taxi the circuit too much. Playing test tones will draw alot more current.
* A few 6" mids and 1" tweeters won't taxi any electrical system even if you connected a monster amp to them.
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