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How many Pinball Machines can you plug into 1 outlet?

By Da-Shaker

6 years ago


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    #20 6 years ago
    Quoted from chuckwurt:

    What's the issue with one outlet per breaker? Ithought it was more convenience than anything. I have five games in a surge protector plugged into one outlet that is ran by one 20 amp breaker. This is the only outlet on that breaker.

    If there is only one outlet on a 20 amp breaker, the outlet must be rated for 20 amps per NEC. We are allowed to use 15 amp outlets on a 20 amp branch circuit because the notion that your never only going to use one outlet.

    #22 6 years ago
    Quoted from chuckwurt:

    Oh okay. But since I have a 20amp outlet I'm good?

    Yes. You can tell by the horizontal/ vertical prong on the hot side.

    #26 6 years ago
    Quoted from Lethal_Inc:

    No, not true, your allowed to put a 15 A receptacle on a 20 A circuit. You see it all the time in kitchens. 20 A appliance circuit but the duplex receptacle is only 15 A. Residential code.

    article 210.21 (B) 1, 2, and 3 of NEC.
    Yes duplex outlet (two plugs) is already considered "multiple outlets" so it's permitted on a 20amp breaker. Part of being a UL listed outlet includes that a 15 amp duplex be capable of feeding through 20 amps of current.

    Other things to consider, hopefully a 20 amp circuit uses #12 gauge wire and the outlets are not "backstabbed".

    #29 6 years ago
    Quoted from Jsampel:

    Touché, you are correct sir, it's amazing, I've been a commercial and industrial electrician for 20 years and I still learn new things all the time

    No worries. Had to find the reference after you said wrong to make sure I wasn't giving false info.

    #30 6 years ago

    If people are making game rooms you can have your electricians wire the upper outlet of a duplex to one 20 amp circuit and the lower to another. That way you have two circuits at every outlet to even out the load.

    That being said I have a police force, high speed, and baywatch on 1 15 amp circuit and all is fine. No led in the sys 11's yet.

    #31 6 years ago

    Another thing too is most libraries have kill-a-watt Meters to checkout to find peak power consumption of what's plugged into it. That exactly will tell you which games can on on a particular circuit

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