"Andrew Barss" wrote in message
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I just bought a new receiver (Onkyo), and in reconfiguring thre system it
occurred to me I had no idea how many amps the entire system would draw.
On one circuit, I have:

Onkyo (draws 4.1 amps)
Panasonic 27" Tau analog TV
Series 2 Tivo
cable box
Toshiba DVD player (SD-1600)
Technics CD player (SL-PD8)

Is this overloading the circuit?

Any reasonable lighting circuit should have no problem.
The total traw of this is about 6 amps, while lighting circuits can deliver
15 amps.
Of course, if the circuit is already populated by other things, such as two
additional HT setups and some lights, a breaker could trip.