have your electrician tie a #10 wire to your #14 and pullit back from the room to the circuit panel,pull your 15 amp breaker and replace it with a 30 amp, replace room sockets with 20 amp,only problem would be how many wires are sharing that conduit pipe and will he be able to pull it thru
I'm finding this trader's dilemma very interesting, and I'm glad it's NOT me. I think Slave2Market has a great troubleshooting idea by quickly eliminating the possibility of a faulty UPS box/boxes. As Bolimomo questioned, the numbers don't add up. If Watts=amps x volts, then on paper a 15 amp breaker X 120 volts should TRIP @ 1800 watts I have an APC RS 1500 UPS and it has a display screen on the front that shows how much load is being drawn. I just built a new computer and wanted to test a few things anyway, so today I put my AMD six core thru a benchmark test and kept an eye on the amount of current my computer and 4 monitors pulled. I was very surprised that the MAXIMUM DRAW was 254 watts. Using the equation above my amperage draw is 2.1 amps. During this test I also had the RS 1500 plugged into my Kill-A-Watt meter and as best I could, checked amp and watt usage during the tests. Since this meter is reading the draw on BOTH the UPS and the computer/monitors I excepted higher readings. The HIGHEST reading I registered on the Kill-A-Watt meter was 3.04 amps or 365 watts (@ 120 volts per the equation). I sure hope kpatter follows up and posts the outcome to his situation, no matter how embarrassing. :eek: http://www.meritline.com/apc-back-u...br1500lcd-retail---p-38967.aspx?source=fghdac
The wattage just didn't seem to add up. 2 desktops, 4 monitors, assuming no other high-amp appliances involved, shouldn't come close to 1800W.
flip the breaker and see what else goes out, a bathroom socket for the hair dryer, the fridge,, the furnace the microwave,4 big draws,anyone of these on the same circuit