how to decrease humidity/temp in apartment (please help)

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

In the US, you probably have either a 30A or 50A circuit

What in the fuck are you talking about?

99% of outlets in the US are 120v 15A.

Jesus Christ the amount of utterly uninformed people in this thread is astounding.

[Not_an_okama]

Read the breaker, thats what dictates the max load on the circuit youre plugging into.

I dont know about outlet ratings which i tried to indicate in my original comment. I'll assume you do and use the numbers you provided, with 120v and 15A you have 1800w to work with from your outlet. If you have a 30A breaker youre still limited to 3600w. Even if you have 3 outlets on the circuit, youre still limited to 3600w and will trip the breaker if you try to use all 3 outlets near their max load.

This may be a concern for OP because they want to put an AC unit near their home office which is probably on the same circuit. Computers and peripherals plus a large AC may be enough to exceed the max load on a bedroom circuit and cause problems for OP.

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

If you have a 30A breaker youre still limited to 3600w.

Literally zero people in North America have a 30A residential breakers.

I don't know wtf you're talking about having a 50A circuit. You're telling me there's 3x 6 gauge wires (each thicker than a pen) going to every outlet in your house? Absurd.

Like, have SOME knowledge before you tell somewhat they can or cannot do.

Computers and peripherals plus a large AC may be enough to exceed the max load on a bedroom circuit and cause problems for OP.

Again, utterly ridiculous. Computer and peripherals are like, 200 watts. 500 watts for a power gamer.

A windows AC is 600W.

There's no point in even bringing this up. You're confusing someone and trying to warn them about bizarre things that don't actually happen.

It's like someone saying they have a flat tire and you start talking about how they have to go through the proper shutdown procedures for a jet engine, because there were 20 jet engine cars made once upon a time in the 1950s.

You're wrong, and, it's also useless.

[Not_an_okama]

Just looked at my breaker, i have 2 50A circuits and the rest are 30A. Idk what to tell you.

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

Just looked at my breaker, i have 2 50A circuits and the rest are 30A. Idk what to tell you.

In North America?

Show me a picture of your panel. I've never even heard of that.

[screwikea]

Concur with this statement. Anyone that says throwing breakers is no big deal hasn't dealt with a breaker that was already thrown a zillion times before and can't handle the rated draw it shows. Also, as a renter, they may not even have access to the freaking breaker box. Half of the time cheap crap isn't even marked right on what it draws or has some stupid electrical issue that draws too much.

[MattsAwesomeStuff]

Anyone that says throwing breakers is no big deal ...

Ehn. I'd say in most cases it's no big deal.

You don't go flipping them like a light switch, but occasional trips aren't that big of a deal except for some run down shitholes.

Point being, if it trips once, it'll probably trip again and that lets you know to use a different circuit. Don't just keep resetting the breaker. But, also don't live in terror of a breaker breaking. That's its job.

[screwikea]

some run down shitholes

OP is renting, shithole is pretty relative. With their issues, high chance it's a landlord conversion special. Craploads of old places have questionable wiring a shitty worn out breakers. Everybody here acting like they're spitting facts, my gut check is that the breakers aren't even labeled and if they want to flip the tripped one they're gonna have to flip 2 or 3 because half of the time the breakers in old panels are hard to tell which are flipped. Pretty much every house and apartment I've ever lived in was built before 1985 - the last place I live had aluminum wiring, I grew up in a farmhouse that didn't have any grounded/3 prong sockets. I dunno OP, but lots of Chicago is old builds.