Fatty May 7, 2003 Share Fatty GC Founder May 7, 2003 Okay, I'm following some more leads, but I have to ask you guys that know this stuff to help me out here. If we can't run more than say 4 or 5 on a circuit, what type of place would one look for that has 10-15 freakin circuits running around, or, I guess more than 20 amp circuits. We may need a generator no matter where we go, it sounds like. I got a couple more good leads while at camp talking with some parents over the last few days. One looks good. It's a town hall, rather large. I'll post up after I visit the premises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r May 7, 2003 Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder May 7, 2003 60ppl = 12x20amp circuits if rooms are 'circuit based' and the room with the most circuits = 4 then were obviously talking about a place that can hold something like a bazaar- a presentation room of sorts. Perhaps we can work this out with a 'lancenter' in the surrounding area, hell the owners may wanna get in on the competition or use us as a promotion idea to get the kiddies to come in after school or something. i dunno...me go thinks in teh corner kneeling on dried peas until i can come up with something more... and ummm a lancenter has lotsa multiplayer games to decide from and we already know how to make space: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer May 7, 2003 Share Killer Member May 7, 2003 THATS AWESOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamber May 8, 2003 Share Chamber Member May 8, 2003 golly gee!, that is where I WANT TO BE!!! I could sleep there and everything On a side note, i would rather there be no outsiders.....community only. Generators aren't really that expensive to rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwOOp May 8, 2003 Share SwOOp Member May 8, 2003 Any local union halls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX1138 May 8, 2003 Share THX1138 Member May 8, 2003 can i be the guy duct taped to the ceiling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond May 9, 2003 Share Gond Member May 9, 2003 I'm not an expert by any means but I have 3 computers, 2 monitors, 1 laptop, scanner, printer a 52" tv, surround sound dvd and a couple fans on one 15amp circuit and have no issues. I think someone said before that the worst problem would be the startup load but you can get around that by being careful about how many you start at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty May 9, 2003 Author Share Fatty GC Founder May 9, 2003 I also think we can have more than 5 on a circuit. We had 3 circuits last year...and how may people? I think we could safely assume 7-8 computers / circuit. Mom can bring his own circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamber May 9, 2003 Share Chamber Member May 9, 2003 Well, here at my work, running on a 30amp circuit, we have 12 computers, 12 monitors, a mini-fridge, 2 fans 2 laptops and an ari compressor. We have never had a single problem. Now when we were on a 20 amp circuit, we blew the line once or twice and had to reset it. Don't know if this helps, cause i don't know much abotu electricity. But i hope it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty May 9, 2003 Author Share Fatty GC Founder May 9, 2003 Well, if you can do all that on a 20 amp and blow it once in a while, I think we can SAFELY assume 8 computers / circuit would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r May 9, 2003 Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder May 9, 2003 im bringing my UPS....so i don't care ;-p but i dunno about 8... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty May 9, 2003 Author Share Fatty GC Founder May 9, 2003 You bringing a generator to power your ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond May 9, 2003 Share Gond Member May 9, 2003 just charge the UPS before you come and then run back & forth to the hotel room to recharge it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DLM]->Fish May 10, 2003 Share [DLM]->Fish Member May 10, 2003 My large 20in sony monitor requires about 1.7 amps and a 300 watt power supply takes around 2.5 amps WATTS/VOLTAGE = Amps. So on a 20 amp breaker (12 gauge wire) you can get about 4.5 computers. As long as the main box is big enough I can get some breakers and some romex and some outlets and we can temp wire in some new ones. If I remember correctly we could only get 5 computers on a breaker at the last frag fest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwOOp May 10, 2003 Share SwOOp Member May 10, 2003 We wouldn't even need romex for a temp. If you want to do something like that, I can get some 10 gauge from work and we could just put it in some flex for safety. But heck, where ever we decide on this shindig going down at, if they let us, we could just take a look in the breaker panel, and get some higher amperage breakers. and swap them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation May 10, 2003 Share ConGregation Member May 10, 2003 We wouldn't even need romex for a temp. If you want to do something like that, I can get some 10 gauge from work and we could just put it in some flex for safety. But heck, where ever we decide on this shindig going down at, if they let us, we could just take a look in the breaker panel, and get some higher amperage breakers. and swap them out. Not an electrician but... Wouldn't that be kinda unsafe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r May 11, 2003 Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder May 11, 2003 nah fish does that for a living.... oh wait YES IT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty May 11, 2003 Author Share Fatty GC Founder May 11, 2003 <steps in, coughs into microphone> We are proud to announce the possibility of a fireworks show at this year's fragfest! However, anyone present during the light show will have to pay an additional $20 fee, save for anyone directly involved or actually burning as a result of the entertainment. <looks around, steps down from podium> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xterminator May 11, 2003 Share Xterminator Member May 11, 2003 hey mom u stole the pic i found!! I WANT CREDIT!!!! heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwOOp May 11, 2003 Share SwOOp Member May 11, 2003 We wouldn't even need romex for a temp. If you want to do something like that, I can get some 10 gauge from work and we could just put it in some flex for safety. But heck, where ever we decide on this shindig going down at, if they let us, we could just take a look in the breaker panel, and get some higher amperage breakers. and swap them out. Not an electrician but... Wouldn't that be kinda unsafe? Actually Con, it wouldn't be any less safe than romex. If something were going to happen, it'd happen regardless of whether it was in romex or PVC. I work at the power company and sometimes we have to temporary a service and we put a 120/240 volt service wire in conduit or flex. On a side note, Fatty, you said Kemp had 2, 20 amp circuits to his barn. Does he have a breaker panel in the barn? And if so what is his meter base 100 or 200? We could add some circuits there if that is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty May 12, 2003 Author Share Fatty GC Founder May 12, 2003 I think the barn was ruled out due to the heat factor of the middle of August. I could potentially be 90+ degrees and I don't even want to imagine what it might be in the attic of that barn....but I'll check anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty May 23, 2003 Author Share Fatty GC Founder May 23, 2003 But we found another, bigger barn! Ok, we're gonna have some flex with the electricityl. He said we could remove the panel to mess with and get all 100 amps from the barn I suppose, however that works. We also need to be able to bring juice about 130-140 yards down the way. See this topic. Anyways...last year we had what, 3 20 amp circuits? We ran about 25 machines on this with some issues....including the fridge, the lights, 2 27 inch tvs and a bunch of fans. Anyone know how much a fridge uses? Anyways, if we say 6 people / 20 amps safely, that means we need 200 AMPS for 60 people. That's what we have, and that would be generous, because I think we can do more than 6 per circuit. Maybe I'm nuts. How many amps to generators put out (I've got an email in to Kemp to ask him what size his is) I'm sure they put out different amounts, but what's the smallest one there might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [SFC]Preacher May 26, 2003 Share Guest [SFC]Preacher Guests May 26, 2003 Just FYI If needed I have 3 110 A/C units that I could bring one is the largest 110 unit made. the other 2 are typical small window units. I'm driving alone from Mo. in my van so I'll have the space. Let me know cuz I'll have to pull em out of windows in my church that week lol. (Be good to sweat some of the sin from the congregation anyway lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty May 26, 2003 Author Share Fatty GC Founder May 26, 2003 This guy got some scoop on Rev? Anyways, yermother has volunteer to run all the A/C units off his UPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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