General rule of thumb is 1500 watts per circuit.
I've ran 4 PCs on one circuit # of times (with all the accessories)
Get yourself some extension wires and run it thru the house for LAN party....it's only temporary.
Also keep in mind that unless you're playing in the arctic, or outside, you're going to need an AC system capable of dissipating every watt of power from the circuit as heat. 160 Amps of 100% head by-product equipment isn't a small amount of heat. A blow dryer uses around 12 Amps so it would be like have 14 blow dryers on full blast into a room. It gets hot *quick*
Ya, but AC units are typically on their own circuit. The OP should be more concerned about how many amps he is putting on each circuit, not the whole house.
If I imagine hosting a lan party at my house, the only room big anough for a group of gaming rigs is my basement, and unfortunately all the outlets (and the lights) in my basement are on the same circuit, so I am effectively limited to 20 amps unless I ran a power cord from one of the upstairs circuits.
Ya, but AC units are typically on their own circuit. The OP should be more concerned about how many amps he is putting on each circuit, not the whole house.
If I imagine hosting a lan party at my house, the only room big anough for a group of gaming rigs is my basement, and unfortunately all the outlets (and the lights) in my basement are on the same circuit, so I am effectively limited to 20 amps unless I ran a power cord from one of the upstairs circuits.
100-200 amp upgrade is going to be around a 2k job in most cases. While the panel itself is not expensive. The huge gage wire that must be run from your panel to the meter is VERY expensive. Couple hundred for permits as well.
calling ruby...
if you have 220 2 phase in to the house at a max of 100 amps, you should be able to draw 100 amps on each leg?
Why not make an extension cord off the 2 phase 220v plug to your dryer? Each phase should be 30-40Amps, giving you 80Amps right there. I would use #6 welding wire for the hot wires. Don't feed 220 volts into your computers, but rather split it up into 2 seperate 120 v circuits keeping the same neutral, i would use a #4 awg wire for the neutral.