[Novalug] anyone have any experience with home power usage measurement

[Mark Smith]

yeah, they seemed interesting, but i'd have to unplug stuff one at
a time to see what's going on.  i was thinking of something more
passive.  plus, some of my electrical items aren't unpluggable which
would leave them off of the testable item list.

On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:48:16AM -0500, Clif Flynt wrote:
> On Feb 4, 2008 3:14 AM, Mark Smith <mark at winksmith.com> wrote:
> > anyone have any experience with home electric usage measurement?
> 
>   I've used the Kill-A-Watt gadget.  This is an inline meter,
> plug one end into the wall, and then plug the device you want to
> monitor into the Kill-A-Watt.
> 
>   It gives displays of current voltage, power used, and such.
>   
>   Using the Kill-A-Watt has been interesting for stuff like watching
> the voltage drop on the gas generator when a water pump kicks in, or
> the change  in power draw on an idle diskless node vs power draw when
> doing calculations.
> 
>   It's available online.  Might be available at a Loews or Menards.
> 
>   Clif
> 
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