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Old 01-19-2014, 12:56 PM   #7
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Default Re: Thaumaturgic Automata and Draw Power

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Originally Posted by malloyd View Post
The main circuit breaker for my house is 200 amps (at 120 VAC, which is the US standard and probably about as common as 240 V), so 24 kilowatts, not 2.4. But if you are going to convert electrical power linearly, you *need* game balance to be set for industrial lines, or maybe what's available from a full power plant, because it is not hard enough to obtain one you can keep mages from buying or sneaking into one if it will allow them to do something game breaking.
US and Japan are the only countries to have a 120 V mains supply and while the circuit breaker is rated for 200A, wouldn't people be limited to drawing from the power points?

And while you might not need to spend an hour to get a kilowatt hour how many people know that?
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