How much power do PVMs use?

[TrashbagTony]

Hello everyone, first post here, I was wondering how much power PVMs use, and if it would be safe If I used my PC at the same time. Sorry if it's an obvious question/answer, but I couldn't find a topic on this. Thank you in advance!

[ATTRACTS]

Is the monkey turning the handle on the generator a male or female?

You're not giving us many details to work with but generally speaking, you should be fine if you are plugging them into typical wall sockets and/or surge protectors.

[TrashbagTony]

Is the monkey turning the handle on the generator a male or female?

You're not giving us many details to work with but generally speaking, you should be fine if you are plugging them into typical wall sockets and/or surge protectors.

Yup, that's all I was asking! I couldn't think of anything else I could put in the post. Both are on different pligs plugged into different power strips/protectors. Thank you!

[Xyga]

Over 9000.

[Fudoh]

Here in Europe electric fuses are rated between 12 and 18A, which translates to 2800 to 4100 Watts of power you can draw from a single fuse. A high powered gaming PC is running at 400-800W. A PWM depending on its size at 80-200W.

[TrashbagTony]

Here in Europe electric fuses are rated between 12 and 18A, which translates to 2800 to 4100 Watts of power you can draw from a single fuse. A high powered gaming PC is running at 400-800W. A PWM depending on its size at 80-200W.

That's pretty good! I'm impressed.

[BazookaBen]

That's pretty good! I'm impressed.

Are you really young and didn't grow up with CRT's or something? When I was a kid we always had the TV hooked up to a powerstrip with the VCR, a couple game consoles, and probably a light or something.

[TrashbagTony]

That's pretty good! I'm impressed.

Are you really young and didn't grow up with CRT's or something? When I was a kid we always had the TV hooked up to a powerstrip with the VCR, a couple game consoles, and probably a light or something.

17 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[BazookaBen]

17 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

haha, it all makes sense now. But yeah, CRT's are power hungry but not THAT power hungry.

You're a smart dude to go ahead and grab a PVM while you have a chance, they're going to be less and less available as the years go on. Lots of them are going into landfills and recycling centers

And you should hook it up with composite every now and again to get an approximation of what it looked for 99% of kids growing up in the 80's and 90's, then you will really appreciate the PVM. If you wanted an even more accurate idea, find an old VCR and hook up to it via RF, then run composite from the VCR to your PVM. THAT will be really close to the picture quality most of us experienced.

[TrashbagTony]

17 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

haha, it all makes sense now. But yeah, CRT's are power hungry but not THAT power hungry.

You're a smart dude to go ahead and grab a PVM while you have a chance, they're going to be less and less available as the years go on. Lots of them are going into landfills and recycling centers

And you should hook it up with composite every now and again to get an approximation of what it looked for 99% of kids growing up in the 80's and 90's, then you will really appreciate the PVM. If you wanted an even more accurate idea, find an old VCR and hook up to it via RF, then run composite from the VCR to your PVM. THAT will be really close to the picture quality most of us experienced.

I actually have a VCR (Christmas Story and Breakfast at Tiffinays) and I'll definitely give it a try! I still have to play GameCube with composite, but that's more my childhood. But I do have to also play the atari 2600 on composite. You poor poor souls.

[ChuChu Flamingo]

What Fudoh states is pretty much how it is in the US, usually circuits are rated at 15A here but keep in mind this considers everything on the circuit. Some houses (specifically old) like to double up or more on their wiring as it was often easier to do so then running another dedicated wire. The types of electronics that often pop circuit breakers are air conditioners and vacuums (during their start-up they consume a lot iirc).on loaded circuits.

In the grand scheme of things CRTs really do not use a lot of power or amps. For example, the 27" Sony I have consumes 180 watts, 1 watt in standby. The Candy Cabinet I have is also around that as well. Since I pay around ~.11 cents per kilowatt, I would need to leave this tv on for around five hours to consume .11cents. Compared this to Air Conditioners and Washer Machines/Dryers that can easily consume upwards of 500-1000 (depending upon how energy efficient they are as air conditioners turn off their freon compressors when the right temperature is reached) and the difference is staggering.

[mvsfan]

Some houses (specifically old) like to double up or more on their wiring as it was often easier to do so then running another dedicated wire.

^THIS^ Old houses dont have enough power a lot of times because many times they have a few rooms all on 1 circuit breaker.


They are starting to wire each room individually a lot of the time in newer houses because of all the electronic junk we have now.

A lot of Old houses also only have a 100 Amp total service. by the time you add the air conditioner, Range, etc. theres not a whole lot of power left.

[blizzz]

The types of electronics that often pop circuit breakers are air conditioners and vacuums (during their start-up they consume a lot iirc).on loaded circuits.

The same applies to many PCs. Beefy power supplies will draw a ton of current for a second when you plug them in. From personal experience I can say that 3 PCs connected to the same power line will trip the breaker when they all get power at the same time (for example after a blackout).

Here's a list of a couple power supplies: Tom's Hardware | Inrush Current
One of my PSUs has an inrush current of ~58A, the other only ~14A.