I'm redoing my setup right now and getting genuinely scared that when I turn on my server, the power will go down.

I'm using so many devices at the same time 😅

no worries, I ran whole sound system on single power line with no protection. I have no idea how all of the 2 1000w and 2 3000w speakers still work and power fuse didn't fail since mixer played disco with the "clip" light whole fucking party. I swear I've never been in a smaller hall with louder music. I am still proud of the people who implemented those quality electrical components in the school installations 40 yrs ago or so.

Fire waiting to happen. Please fix this guys

Yeah this is crazy unsafe, 🤞 the wiring in the walls isn’t aluminum or has fraying insulation!

If you're in America, then you are on a 120v, 15 or 20 amp breaker. That means you can pull between 1800-2400 watts before tripping your breaker. I doubt your server draws anywhere near that much power.

@Gogeta70 600 watt server + 600 watt computer plus two laptops plus five monitors... hope so!

@linuxxx Sounds like you may be approaching around 1800 watts on that circuit. Your house very likely has multiple circuits, maybe even two or three per room. You could try balancing the load between two circuits. It would help to know if you have a 15 or 20 amp breaker too. You might be getting close to 15 amps.

I agree with @Gogeta70 . My house have three circuits, so try to load balance as possible. The easiest way I found to know which plug point are in which circuit, is too just shut down all mains with one at a time turned on, and check which plug work! For me, I just turned on all the lights and tried one line at a time to know where power is available.

@Gogeta70 I honestly have no clue, that's not my thing 😅

@linuxxx well here's your chance to learn ohm's law 😉

Just be careful. In my job, I work with electrical systems up to 480 volts. I've been electrocuted about 5 times. It fucking hurts. The main thing is to be VERY careful with load bearing circuits, as it's the amps that kill you.

@Gogeta70 That’s some seriously useful information., thanks for sharing. I’m in the US, and learning this I’d like to load balance my servers/equipment with my 240V appliances.

Do my appliances typically get two wires just for themselves, or do they share one of those 120V lines with household equipment? IE should I even worry about this?

@Diactoros It's hard for me to say, because I don't know how your house is wired. It shouldn't really matter if any of your 120 volt lines are shared with the 240 volt appliances, as long as you don't exceed the current rating of your circuit breakers.

I'd suggest identifying the circuits you want to use for load balancing, and then measure the current draw of your appliances on those circuits using an amp-probe. Then you'll know how much more load you can put on each circuit.

@Gogeta70 awesome thanks!

@linuxxx
Do you run everything at full load?

And did you already manage to Tripp the breaker?

Just because the psu is labeled as 600W doesn't mean that your system is pulling 600W!

What hardware were your pc and servers again?

@RageBone Not full load nope and out of my head, no idea, I just know it's a lot 😅