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

[Mark Smith]

now there's an idea.  i did look on radio shack before mailing this
list, but i couldn't find that device.  i'll clearly look again now
that i know someone else remembers such a device there.  what would
you search on?  "ammeter" or "clamp-on" are definitely not it.

On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 10:57:35AM -0800, James (Jim) Darlack wrote:
> Radio shack sells a nice meter that can be read thru serial port.  I think there are clamp on current sensors that will connect to a VOM.  Cant recall any VOM/current/wattage meter specifically designed as a clamp on device with a serial port... or USB. 
> 
> Mark Smith <mark at winksmith.com> wrote:  i thought it would be pretty neat to see which circuit is using the
> most amount of power. i was thinking clamp-on ammeter's, recording
> via a computer for sometime and seeing where that leads. though i'm
> guessing that's probably out of my price range.
> 
> i'd like to see where most of my energy dollars are going.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 07:45:24AM -0500, Dave Skolnick wrote:
> > On Feb 4, 2008 3:14 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
> > > anyone have any experience with home electric usage measurement?
> > 
> > Yes. What are you trying to determine? Long-term or short-term, totals
> > or by circuit?
> 
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