where to buy a house/device current meter?

[John Doe]

http://www.retrothing.com/household/

"Ultra Low-Cost Electronic Energy Meter"

I guess you just plug it into the wall and plug your device into it.

Anybody know where to get one of those or similar? The simpler the
better.

Thank you.

 

[Clinton]

How could it possibly track your kWhr use when it has no reference to
current? It's a rip-off..

 

[Greg Neill]

How could it possibly track your kWhr use when it has no reference to
current? It's a rip-off..

Methinks it measures the power consumption for the
device plugged into its socket.

 

[Dan H]

http://www.retrothing.com/household/

"Ultra Low-Cost Electronic Energy Meter"

I guess you just plug it into the wall and plug your device into it.

Anybody know where to get one of those or similar? The simpler the
better.

Thank you.

Googling "Energy Meter" turns up lots of devices. check out

http://www.ahernstore.com/p4400.html

It would have been easier to google for it than to write a message on a
newsgroup!

Dan H.

 

[John Doe]

Googling "Energy Meter" turns up lots of devices.

Searching for "Energy Meter" turns up a lot of unrelated things. Try
searching for "Electronic Energy Meter". There is lots of talk about
it, but I find no place to buy it here in the United States.

check out

http://www.ahernstore.com/p4400.html

Unfortunately it's out of stock.

Maybe an energy meter is not so easy to find.

It would have been easier to google for it than to write a message
on a newsgroup!

When you shop, do you call that "Wal-Marting"?

Thanks for the lead, I will keep looking.

 

[John Doe]

Methinks it measures the power consumption for the
device plugged into its socket.

If I can't find that, I recall hearing about some clamp like or
circular device that you put around an AC wire to measure current?
Do you know what that's called? Any leads would be appreciated,
thanks.

 

[Greg Neill]

If I can't find that, I recall hearing about some clamp like or
circular device that you put around an AC wire to measure current?
Do you know what that's called? Any leads would be appreciated,
thanks.

Clamp-on current probes for multipmeters.

 

[Dan H]

Searching for "Energy Meter" turns up a lot of unrelated things. Try
searching for "Electronic Energy Meter". There is lots of talk about
it, but I find no place to buy it here in the United States.


Unfortunately it's out of stock.

Maybe an energy meter is not so easy to find.


When you shop, do you call that "Wal-Marting"?

Thanks for the lead, I will keep looking.

Try Harder - I found 3 more on amazon.com see

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref...ield-keywords=power+meter&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

or

here is another one:
http://www.supermediastore.com/kilwateldet1.html?WT.mc_id=bizrateaccessories

Dan H.

 

[Clinton]

Yea, could be.. I thought it was just a meter and the outlet below was part
of the recpticle that's it's plugged into, but I bet your right.. Either
way, it's not worth the price...

 

[Tom Woodrow]

http://www.ambientweather.com/tdp4400.html

"Kill A Watt"

 

[John Doe]

http://www.ambientweather.com/tdp4400.html

"Kill A Watt"

Again, I appreciate the lead. It's out of stock there but apparently
it's available elsewhere. I took that term "Kill A Watt" originally
given by Dan H, stuck it into Amazon.com, and came up with that and
two or three other different brands.

I suppose some expensive versions allow for entering cost per
kilowatt hour to determine the cost instead of just the wattage. But
all I need is a simple readout of current that's easier than trying
to connect my multimeter, the Kill A Watt appears to be the least
expensive available easy to use load meter.

Thanks a lot to the replies.

 

[John Doe]

Clamp-on current probes for multipmeters.

Wow, cool. That would be my choice if I were doing electronics now.
A BK CP-3 looks a little pricey for much higher current reading than
I need.

 

[John]

Again, I appreciate the lead. It's out of stock there but apparently
it's available elsewhere. I took that term "Kill A Watt" originally
given by Dan H, stuck it into Amazon.com, and came up with that and
two or three other different brands.

I suppose some expensive versions allow for entering cost per
kilowatt hour to determine the cost instead of just the wattage. But
all I need is a simple readout of current that's easier than trying
to connect my multimeter, the Kill A Watt appears to be the least
expensive available easy to use load meter.

Thanks a lot to the replies.

You should be able to find the Kill A Watt for under $30US delivered.
I got mine from this Ebay vendor:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kill-A-Watt-pow...itemZ7594916626QQcategoryZ50963QQcmdZViewItem


It displays voltage, frequency, current drawn by the attached device,
watts, Volt-Amps, power factor, KwH, and hours on (as when checking
how much of the time the old fridge or freezer actually runs).