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ProgMM t1_j12ogp9 wrote

Reply to comment by twoshovels in Shitty landlord, what do we do? by Quinnlos

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> I wouldn’t doubt it, we live on the top two floors of a three floor Victorian and regularly trip the power with an air fryer and two desktops, so it’s been a fun year for us overall power-wise.

Sounds about consistent with my experience in a 1930s house wherein the circuits extend the full longitude of the floor. Not optimal wiring by modern standards, but I think that’s something one just has to realistically work around

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twoshovels t1_j14jcvx wrote

So actually after I jus read this. Other tenants could very possibly drawing off the same breaker. I believe a air fryer use 12-15 at the most? An one laptop is .08? Now I could be wrong here. If I’m correct that’s not a lot. Probably is a shared breaker. This sounds like a disaster waiting. I hope not. I’m not big on electricity. In fact I hate having to do anything other than plug something in.

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ProgMM t1_j14n7r2 wrote

Gaming desktops can use as much as 12-15 themselves. They don’t often, but they can add up easily. I’m willing to bet those are 15A circuits.

Elsewhere in the thread, OP remarked that much of the apartment is on two circuits. It’s probably ancient BX wiring. Unfortunately, OP is renting from one of Dan Greer’s cheapskate shell companies, who will never ever be convinced to rewire an apartment. The other issues seem more plausible, but they drag their feet hard on anything.

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