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By krishi Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:20 pm
I've been running lately into power shortages in my (bedroom-) studio.

Too many amps and other power consuming devices hooked up and the fuse comes popping out.

From what I have seen, in Europe, we usually have 10A on a fuse. Overshooting that will make it pop. Obviousley, you can run at around 7-8A steady, but a little peak (e.g. girlfriend in the other room turning on the light or tv) makes it reach the 10A threshold.

So I've listed all my devices and their power consumption on paper to make it possible to always only run the ones that I really need. However, some things just NEED to run together to keep up a certain workflow.

Help my guys, how do you deal with that? called-in the electrician "I need more power"? or joined another 10A from another room, but then you got the hum in the picture..?
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By sciguy Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:44 am
Could you list exactly what you're using?

I'm having a hard time thinking of what could possibly be using that much power. (especially at 240v), though I don't know the size of your setup, nor what else is on the same circuit in your house.

do you sample hairdryers in your setup? :mrgreen:
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By krishi Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:34 am
Thanks for all the suggestions.

do you sample hairdryers in your setup? :mrgreen:

I kind of do that:
I have figured out that the fuse-distribution in our apartment is a bit confusing. my room shares the fuse with half of the living room and with a complete other room. so that explains why the TV and the hairdresser made it pop out: they are both on "my" fuse. further it seems that we live in a bit old environment where the power stability seems to vary. when I come home in the evening and use my equipment, the whole block is turning on their dishwashers and hairdressers and whatnot..

Equipment I have not "too" much :-)
MPC3000, MPC2500, S950, Mackie1220, Scarlett18i20, Technics mk2, Vestax dj mixer, Yamaha REV500 rack reverb, MacBookAir, active Alesis monitors and... a big GallienKruger bassguitar amp.

Get an electrician in to take a look, but if you have a tonne of gear running it sounds like you need a dedicated circuit with some decent breathing space for your needs, maybe 16A

If his studio really is pulling that much power, would probably new an additional circuit just for it.

I ll have the electrician definitely take look at these two options.
Thanks guys.
oh, btw I think you all that answered to my questions have much more of a " a **** of gear" than I do? :-D
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By SimonInAustralia Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:57 pm
Probably the hair dryer and TV that are mainly causing the problem, a separate circuit for your studio to isolate your studio gear from the circuit that they, and other things, are on, would probably fix things.

Hair dryers pull a fair amount of current, could possible be up around 7 amps just with the hair dryer.