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naturist
Feb 26, 2014Nomad II
riven1950 wrote:
I am thinking power overload is not an issue with these multiple devices, would that be true?
Maybe. Depends on the total draw. Always does. While no one of them is going to pull as much current as, say, your AC, if you plug enough of them in, they can add up to that.
To find out, start adding. Every one of them says right on the wall-wart how many watts or amps they draw when charging. Bearing in mind that watts = amps times volts, and that a typical 15 amp, 120 volt circuit translates to 15 x 120 = 1800 watts, you can put a laptop (85 watts), 4 cell phones (18 watts each, 72 watts total), a tablet (45 watts), . . . that's 202 watts so far . . . all on the same circuit, no problem.
But it is possible to go to far. Add 'em up, see what ya got.
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