Re: [Flightgear-devel] FSWeekend impressions

[Durk T. <d.t...@xs...>]

Hi Martin,

On Tuesday 10 November 2009 03:13:13 pm Martin Spott wrote:
> Torsten Dreyer wrote:> On the tour back to Enschede on sunday evening we 
realized that our
> booth most probably pulled a _lot_ more power than the specification
> for a single plug allows  ;-)
> Quite surprising that we didn't kill a single fuse. This could be an
> item to think about beforehand when planning the next event ....
>
> 	Martin.

Assuming we pulled approx 800 watts per station, This would get us at a total 
of 4000 watts, not including laptops and projector. That alone would bring us 
at, 4000w/240V = 16.6A. Which is just over the regular 16 A limit for a 
consumer grade surge protector. Add to that, the laptops, projector and coffee 
maker, and we were well over. In retrospect, I do believe that Torsten was 
pulling his power from the neighboring booth, which is probably what 
ultimately saved us. I did plan to bring a second extension cable, but 
couldn't find it anywhere. Definitely something to consider for next time.

Cheers,
Durk