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Apparently if I use my PC at the same time as my heater the circuit breaker trips
This shouldn’t be the case, report it as it might be a potential electrical fault. (Assuming the 2 items are not triggering on their own, in which case don’t use the triggering one again, it is unsafe)
Yeah the PC is all good on its own, and I'm going to give the heater a go on its own tomorrow when nobody's home (there's 4 rooms all on one circuit (I think?) And we all have our heaters going, so I suspect that's probably the issue)
A heated throw will draw less power and likely wont be an issue.
I'm a little split on those. What exactly are they? Just like a blanket with a a heating element?
Yeah, same thing as an electric blanket. 1/20th the power of a blow heater.
PCs don't usually use that much power however heaters can, might be worth looking at how many amps your circuit is versus amps chewed up by your heater.
How exactly do I go about doing this?
Your fuse box will hopefully have written on each fuse the amount of amps per fuse, usually 15, 20, or 30. One of those fuses will be connected to circuit in the room in question and hopefully labelled.
Meanwhile for the heater, figure out how many watts it uses then convert to amps. For instance at its highest setting, my heater is 2400 watts. Plugged into a 240 volt PowerPoint it uses up 10 amps
There might be a label on the back or base of the heater with some technical specifications. The amperage is the bit to look for.