Testing Electrical Capacity of New Offices?

An anonymous reader asks: "Running a small graphic design studio, we've hit a snag that I'm sure many tech-reliant small businesses have hit before: our small flock of file servers, multi-processor machines and 22" monitors draws more electricity then the wiring in our current space can take. We're looking for a new space for this and other reasons, and as we look around we're generally forced to take the word of landlords as to what sort of amperage an electrical system can provide. Does anyone in the Slashdot community know a reliable way to test and see if an electrical system can support the needs of a computer-reliant business?"

Comments

22" Monitors?

[vasqzr]

I'd assume you're using CRT screens.

LCD's to the rescue!

A good 21" CRT is going to suck down 110watts+, an LCD will probably do 30...

Plus, If each of them are 4 square feet, thats 88 sq feet less office space, or one more cube.

Re:Check the breaker box

[budgenator]

a old medical office can have suprisingly electrical capacity, an X-RAY unit can put out 50mA at 145KVpeaks which works out to 7250W, at 230V thats 31 amps so it's probably on a 45 Amp circuit by it's self to allow to peak surge. An added advantage is you can have a server room with lead lined walls!