Quick technical Question
Ok, don't laugh. This is probably really obvious to everyone bar me. Is there ANY possibility that leaving three computers to defragment after work could cause the electricity to blow a fuse? (We got our IT chap to show us yesterday and three out of the four ladies in my office decided we should do this)
But when we came in this morning the power was out. A fuse had blown. Manager reckons that three computers was too much, but surely not. right?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 9:41, 13 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

if 3 computers are too much
then I would worry about the electrics in your place!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 9:46, Reply)

Short answer
Nope.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 9:54, Reply)

No chance
Your boss sounds like my dad - he goes around the house switching off AND unplugging EVERYTHING before bed and before he goes out.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 9:58, Reply)

my old man
used to blame me for stuff going wrong

I recall our TV in the living room blowing it's tube.

just so happened that my folks were out, I had some mates round and one had brought his SNES with him.

It was clearly using the SNES on the TV that had broken it....

moron
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 10:04, Reply)

...
My grandfather used to forbid my father (when he was small) listening to any pop stations on the radio because it wasn't designed for that kind of music.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 10:17, Reply)

Thanks
Thanks folks! Just wanted to check and see if this was ANOTHER thing I'd fucked up on, but I think not! :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 10:20, Reply)

Kirst
I'm assuming that during your working day you don't take it in turns to fire up your computer and do some work before shutting down for the next person?

electricity is pretty much the same during the day as at night
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 10:21, Reply)

My answer
is the same as Vipros and No3l.

3 average computers will draw 600ish watts, defragging doesn't take much processing, only harddrive use, so would draw little more than it just sitting there.

If it blows a fuse, are all 3 computers off of the same socket? if so, then its dodgy electrics rather than the PCs fault.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 10:41, Reply)

If all 3 are on the same socket
It's not dodgy electronics so much as a bit of not being sensible.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 10:45, Reply)

PoD
Thats what I meant. Dodgy nonetheless. If they needed more sockets, then they should be installed properly, rather than Stetson Style (tm)
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 11:02, Reply)

well
Thats what I'd tried to say, IT guy said it was ok to do, but I never asked to do mine, I just did, so obviously now its my fault. Apparently I've done something today thats got her goat and I must pay in any and all ways. Meh, Management!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 12:23, Reply)

Wield "Teh Kittum of Death"
and threaten her with its' spit.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 13:02, Reply)

Like the others have said
there's no chance whatsoever that defragging three machines would blow a fuse. The fuse was probably on it's way out anyway and it was just coincidence. That or there was a power surge and the fuse blew from that, in which case it was doing its job.
( Kroney, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 15:53, Reply)