Posted by Richard P. on May 19, 2007, 7:20 pm
Just a quick question to the group. Is $24.00 US for a Kill-A-Watt meter a
good price? Thinking of picking one up to monitor the actual power
consumption of some of my appliances and devices.
Thanks!
Posted by Vaughn Simon on May 19, 2007, 7:28 pm
> Just a quick question to the group. Is $24.00 US for a Kill-A-Watt meter a
> good price? Thinking of picking one up to monitor the actual power
> consumption of some of my appliances and devices.
I might be funny about these things, but something like that I would rather
buy from a "real" retailer rather than on e-bay. Google around, there is
nothing fantastic about that price. $18.99 here: http://tinyurl.com/2xfpd5
Vaughn
> Thanks!
>
Posted by Richard P. on May 20, 2007, 1:03 am
Thanks... I just went with what I was familiar with (i dont normally shop
online).
"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
> I might be funny about these things, but something like that I would
> rather buy from a "real" retailer rather than on e-bay. Google around,
> there is nothing fantastic about that price. $18.99 here:
> http://tinyurl.com/2xfpd5
Posted by GregP on May 24, 2007, 10:28 pm
wrote:
> > Just a quick question to the group. Is $24.00 US for a Kill-A-Watt meter a
> > good price? Thinking of picking one up to monitor the actual power
> > consumption of some of my appliances and devices.
> I might be funny about these things, but something like that I would rather
> buy from a "real" retailer rather than on e-bay. Google around, there is
> nothing fantastic about that price. $18.99 here:http://tinyurl.com/2xfpd5
> Vaughn
It seems a bit extravagant and unnecessary to me. The wattage can
easily be computed by multiplying volts times amps. If that's not
good enough, a clamp-around ammeter will do the job (only 1 required).
Posted by Eeyore on May 24, 2007, 11:51 pm
GregP wrote:
> It seems a bit extravagant and unnecessary to me. The wattage can
> easily be computed by multiplying volts times amps.
NO !
That's *apparent power* not watts at all.
True watts / apparent power = power factor
Graham
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> good price? Thinking of picking one up to monitor the actual power
> consumption of some of my appliances and devices.