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I'm so annoyed I have literally ran out of space in my house. Mining is obviously going very, very strong currently and I can't see it ending any time soon (as opposed to 2014...). New paradigm?

Yeah... I'm at 5kw across two 16A breakers. I've had to ban the wife from using hair dryer / vacuum cleaner on certain outlets. We have a third 16A breaker purely for kitchen outlets (kettle, toaster, etc) that I could probably squeeze a 1kw rig onto. But short of that, we are pretty much maxed out.

My main CB is 63A but there is a lot going on behind that - 15A air conditioner, 5A oven etc. I'm not sure what else I can hook up without a serious meter box upgrade.

So, this has me very curious about how much rig wattage my house can take. I have 4 rx 470 rigs pulling between 700-900 watts each in 4 different rooms but i am building a Vega rig to double up in 1 room... it will only have 3 Vega 56's to start so not horribly worried about total wattage in that room, at least not yet.

The thing is, I have no idea about electricity capabilities... are there any general guidelines to go by? My house is about 13 years old, 1700 SF, 2 story. Like, how much wattage per outlet? per breaker? per house? I probably need to hire an electrician for consulting as I would really like to add a 5x Vega and 6x 1070ti rig to my existing setup. But, any general tips would be appreciated.

As a general rule, if you look at your main breaker box, the BIG breaker at the top will be the "input" breaker and will tell you your total capacity for the house as a whole.

Most common house outlets are 15 amp - but check which ones are on which circuits, most houses have MULTIPLE outlets per circuit on many of the circuits, and usually room lighting on the same circuit as one or more of the "in that room" outlets.
I've seen a LOT of houses where the wiring had outlets in DIFFERENT rooms on the same circuit - the last one I lived in had one circuit that put outlets in 3 different rooms AND room lighting for one of those rooms, but that was an old house with some weird wiring and major issues anyway.

Breakers are marked with their capacities, usually on the handle.

DO NOT ASSUME 120 VOLTS.
The actual "nominal" voltage in the US is 117 VAC, and it's common to see anywhere from 110 to 119 VAC - I've never actually SEEN a circuit deliver 120 VAC at the outlet, though my current place hits 119.3 or so intermittantly and seems to average right about 119.0

QuintLeo is right on this, don't assume - I've learned so much from the electricians I've hired and when solar was installed they blew my panel because all the breakers were wired really fucked up at my house. Complete replacement had to be done. I hung over them like a shadow asking so many damn questions I'm sure they weren't happy, but at the end of the day, I'm paying you, you're telling me what I want to know or you're fired lol.

I even bought my own digital clamp meter and another meter and can rewire everything myself now, but thtat digital meter will tell you EXACTLY what you're running, volts amps dropoff resistance, everything. It's pretty much indispensable.