Electricity Overusage?

[food158]

I'm just curious to know if electricity slows down performance. For example, I use one electric strip that powers all my gadgets. Can this cut performance?

[AshleyAshes]

Uhm... No. o_O

[2FA]

You can draw as much current as you want up to whatever the circuit your gadgets are connected to is rated for, for example a 10 amp circuit. Once you hit 10 amps though, your circuit breaker will trip cutting electricity entirely until you reset the breaker and bring current draw below 10A, otherwise it will just trip again.

[Kobathor]

Shouldn't change it at all. If your computer didn't have enough power to run, it would just shut off. As far as consoles, same as computers.

[2FA]

Just now, Kobathor said:

Shouldn't change it at all. If your computer didn't have enough power to run, it would just shut off. As far as consoles, same as computers. For chargers, they use so little power that you could have tons plugged in to the mains and they would all charge at full power.

We have laptop carts at work that can draw over 40A if all laptops in them are charging.

[Kobathor]

1 minute ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

We have laptop carts at work that can draw over 40A if all laptops in them are charging.

I edited my post, you could confuse chargers as anything from phone chargers to fast laptop chargers (basically regular power supplies.) A cart with lots of laptops charging is akin to multiple computers running full tilt.

[KenjiUmino]

19 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

You can draw as much current as you want up to whatever the circuit your gadgets are connected to is rated for, for example a 10 amp circuit. Once you hit 10 amps though, your circuit breaker will trip cutting electricity entirely until you reset the breaker and bring current draw below 10A, otherwise it will just trip again.

except when the power strip you are using can't even handle 10A - then the breaker will not trip but you might smell something burning after a while. totally happened to me once.