so if ONE person maybe living in a loft formerly industrial space has water cooling, and 200 amp 3 phase in their house, that automatically makes EVERY computer using that power personal computer eligible?
--First Appartment I lived in had gas refrigerator/stove AND still had some fixtures for gas lighting. washer/dryer/furnace/hot water were all shared in basement, real screw in fuses (not safety) so MAYBE had 220 if you used extension cords to two rooms, probably 10 amps. --townhouse my parents moved to had 220 at the circuit box, but intended for gas appliances and you either bought central AC before construction completed, or tough luck, so no 220 outlets. --my first two personal apartments again no 220, probably 15 A --my condo had hi amp 110 for the living room sleeve A/C --rental house when married back to older, no 220 --current house has 220 hard wired for hot water, sauna, & central A/C, had 220 outlet (or hard wired?) for electric stove in the kitchen (now ex-wife swapped out for gas as first priority, so wires capped and hidden under floor), so only outlet for 220 is in laundry room for electric dryer, damp and not a good place to run a computer.. <pre>--Carey</pre> > On 05/28/2024 8:02 AM CDT Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 5/25/2024 12:09 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 5/25/24 08:14, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > ... > > > > Offhand, if I were King of the World, I'd immediately eliminate from > > competition those computers that cannot be run from a US 120 volt 15 amp > > wall receptacle. The rationale being that anything that requires > > special power wiring cannot be "personal" > > > > None of the houses I have lived in were limited to 120V 15A. Even my > very first apartment 50 years ago (over some guys garage) had 120V 30A > (Intended for an A/C Unit but you could plug anything in it you wanted.) > Every house I have owned had 230V available. I have several large power > outlets in my current home. Range, clothes dryer, water heater, hot > tub. And I have 220V 50A in the garage feeding my welder, electric > heater and a 30A outlet for my camper. > > In the past I have had PDP-11's (with RL and RA disks), VAX, AT&T 3b's, > an Apollo (great space heater on cold winter days) and piles of systems > people are more likely to accept as "Personal". > > bill
