I would be bratty <| sep |> He ' d be the boss , that was his condition . <| sep |> Do not post personal details such as school or IP Which contains location data to a public forum such as this . You should instead have sent a modMail Message The Moderators , down on the bottom of the sidebar for us to privately deal with this issue . We will try and look into your ban . Chances are it was a short few hours or a day ban which will be resolved shortly anyway . <| sep |> Just for educational purposes , I think the average wall outlet can supply 2 kW . In US on 120 V AC 2 kW would be a 17 A circuit 2 kVA 120 V , in lots of world on 220 V AC it would be a 9 A circuit 2 kVA 220 V . I think most newer circuits in the US can push 16 A I forget what the current standard is but you are correct that it would be silly for a vacuum cleaner to use several kW . According to this website , a vacuum uses about 1 kW Vacuum Cleaner 750 to 1 , 350 y o u r c o m munityelectricsafetychart . cshtmledit according to this chart from NEC and home depot ' s website , it seems like 15 A is the minimum breaker size . So check the fusebox before plugging in a 2 kW vacuum