For the sake of your home, I would recommend getting another additional
circuit into your computer room, most homes (unless you request and pay
for) have 15a rated circuit wiring and can carry 20a loads if you
upgrade the breaker, but if you go above that you are now risking
overheat on your wiring and outlets and you could be risking a fire.
Curt
Julian Wolfe wrote:
My DEC dealer has a RA82 he wants $200 for, and I was
thinking of
trading him one of my RL02s for it. That's what actually came in this
chassis, but I'm really concerned about the power requirements of the
disk and controller - I know the KDA50 is a pig, but I do have a
separate expansion box for it. My real concern is blowing a breaker
in my apartment building. Now, I've read the current surge draw on a
RA81 (in the RA81 user guide) is 35A in 110V mode. Is this correct?
Also, what are my power bills going to look like running this thing
24/7? A already run one RL02 and the CPU 24/7, and I'm talking about
adding an expansion box to it with the KDA50...will I be OK on one 15A
circuit? Logic with these numbers says no, but I saw somewhere on
the web where a guy said he was running an 11/750, RA82, and some
other stuff all off 1 15A circuit. The only way I can see this working
is if the drive spins up somehow by trickle charging a cap(or more
than just 1) and then spinning up the drive.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Will I blow something with this RA
disk on my setup?
Thanks
Julian
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