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How many games on one circuit?

By pinzrfun

10 years ago


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    #31 10 years ago

    something else to remember is that using a good gauge wire is necessary. I have two 20 amp dedicated circuits coming into my game room. One is 10 gauge wire and the other is 12...(I got a good deal on the bigger wire so I just bought it). Going to run 4 games on each circuit. 8 games total.

    As Vid mentions...I have a TZ, a TAF and a CFTBL...all would reset when there was a drop in voltage. (old circuit was tied to a bunch of other stuff in the house and was only a 15 amp.) I think with LED's in the games and having the games on a 20 amp circuit I should be in good shape.

    #36 10 years ago
    Quoted from ccotenj:

    ummm... something to remember is that if you have sized your wire according to code, "bigger" gains you absolutely nothing...
    10 gauge wire on a 20amp household circuit is a waste of money... there is no gain to be had.... nada... zilch...

    Quoted from burningman:

    One is 10 gauge wire and the other is 12...(I got a good deal on the bigger wire so I just bought it).

    It was an open roll that was priced the same as the smaller wire

    #39 10 years ago
    Quoted from vid1900:

    I guess that the heavier gauge wire has a little less resistance....so that is one small gain.

    I had chased reset issues on my games and finally realized that it was a voltage drop. (I had checked the plugs and if you didn't check them at the exact time of the drop you could not see it.) When I realized the issue, and was building/wiring my game room, I had decided that if I was going to do it, I was going to over do it...lol

    Hopefully you will never see another post from me talking about a game reset issue ever again.

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