Kill A Watt Meter - AltE Video Tip

[tsamydna]

I'm sorry, I don't get this useless product. Do you want to save money on your electric bill? Unplug devises you don't use. Ok, my fridge is sucking more power than specified. I buy a new efficient one ($1000-1500). I'm pretty sure it would take years to offset the expense. I buy a dryer that SAYS it uses X energy and I determine that it's not true. What,  I'm going to re-package, ship and return the dryer? Yea right. It's the most useless thing I own. Am I missing something?

[eleggance]

@tsamydna Stupid and ignorant man or woman!!!! The purpose of this device is just to know how much power or electricity a device is using. If i want to know how much power my Air conditioner or electric motor or iron or oven is consuming, i can easily know by this meter...Lots of people just use electrical appliances like iron, toaster, oven without knowing how much power hungry a device is.. When bill comes into their hands, they start making noise..

[tsamydna]

@eleggance I agree with HOW it works. My point is what difference does it make? So you know your Iron sucks ass. What are you going to do spend more money and buy another one? Seems pretty useless to me. Seems like all one needs to do is not use anything electrical or unplug everything in their house. That will reduce the bill and no meter was needed.

[eleggance]

@tsamydna Just unplugging something off the outlet will not reduce the bill.. you must know how much watts or power an electric applaince is consuming. For example.. lots of people especially women don't know a small device iron takes much more power like 1000 - 1200 watts..which is more than one and half horse power. People think electric pump motor draws more energy but in fact iron is much more power hungry than it.

[tsamydna]

@eleggance Like I said, I might be missing something, but to me, if you don't want your iron to drive up your heating bill, then don't use one. I get your point, but you gotta get mine too, if you now know that your iron pulls 1200 watts, what are you then to do?

[IntarwebUser]

Does it tell you the maximum load it has pulled through since it's been on? That's the number I'm most interested in.

[zZZzzzSnooze2nd]

Does that Kill A Watt Meter tell you that you have a lose plug?

[drdragonzzz]

This is great product to find out hidden cost of electrical items that we are using.

[64298]

Please explain in "DETAIL" what is the difference in WATTS and VA or volt ampere measurements

[shaban96]

where can i purchase a kill a watt?

[chronofusion]

@shaban96 incase no one has told you where you can buy a kill a watt device. newegg dot com , amazon dot com alot of online retailers have them. cheers

[MrEnergyCzar]

this thing works great...for a whole house monitor, the TED is one of the best...

[Philscbx]

It's very useful on the Honda Generator.

The 2000 watt series.

Up front Power Output Displayed.

Plug load into meter to manage and know the load limits of the devices.

Special 10 gauge cord from generator to wall outlet of garage. The garage is off the grid.

Shop lights, furnace, stereo, as well as power tools.

With managed practice, runs at idle vs wide open throttle. Very Quiet.

With exhaust adapter, the unit is perfect heat source to the space. I have images to share. We Love it.

[tmellymel]

Hi

I just got the P3 meter and ran it on my entertainment center. 5.8 kWh at 72 hours. What does this basically tell me? I want to know how to convert this to cost.

[American4Facts]

First look at your electric bill and find the cost of CENTS per Kilowatt. It is anywhere from 5 cents to 25 cents (per kilowatt) depending on where you live.

Now calculate per hour usage = 5.8 KWH / 72 = 0.0805

That is per hour. So multiply that by 24 hours x 30 day.

0.0805 x 24 x 30 gives 58 kilowat hour.

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if your electric cost 10 cents / Kilowatt hour then

58 x 0.10 gives $5.80 per month.

Substitute 0.10 for your local cost.

[American4Facts]

As rough estimate, your entertainment center cost your

$2.90 per month @ 5 cent / kilowatthour

$5.80 per month @ 10 cent / kilowatthour

$8.70 per month @ 15 cent / kilowatthour

$11.60 per month @ 20 cent / kilowatthour

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Kill-a-watt EZ model does all this calc for you.

[ShadowrealHedgehog]

i got the EZ meter, it was 40 bucks, but it's worth it. also, what's the energy rate in KWH for sdgne, i need to program it

[RyanB0011]

It means that your unit used 5.8kWh of electricity over 72 hours (3 days).

Where I live electricity is really cheap. $0.0625 per kWh.

So in my case it would cost $0.3625 (5.8kWh at 6.25 cents per kWh)

[stonerj0e]

it's a great reason for power companies to raise their rates !

[acharad]

Is it useful for IR heaters and ovens too ?

[gottagobideo]

not ovens

[American4Facts]

the meter seems to be good to 15A. That usually the max for circuit breaker (for house hold plug).

So if you can plug it in, then you should be able to meter it.

So small oven (like microwave oven, toaster oven, etc.) can be metered.

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But if you mean OVEN, the kind used instead of gas, those are usually 230v and way over the capability of simple Kill-A-watt meter.

[ShadowrealHedgehog]

this device is mainly for items that use a wall outlet

[Fuzzy192006]

"take a flashlight with you", "don't forget to plug you appliance back in". Was aiming at mentally handicaped people as his main audience ?

Anyway, how much does the Kill A Watt consume ?

[yonran]

His points are pretty convoluted. Paraphrased: 1) Use an average over a few days instead of the instantaneous power usage. Once you divide energy used by a reasonable time period, it IS a useful figure--average power consumption in watts.

2) Use a calculator to determine what this means. I recommend using Google calculator: Just type in 9.92kWh / 168hour * 0.13USD/kWh * 30day (substitute your own marginal energy cost from your bill) to find out the cost of the appliance.

[greenlefty]

yonran: thank you. Important point: energy consumption is measured in Watt-hours (Wh), not Watts. Power (in Watts) is the measure of the rate of draw. Energy connects power with time, using the unit Watt-hour (or kilowatt-hour). The point is that a fridge cycles on and off all day to maintain a constant interior temperature. Knowing its wattage draw alone is not useful to learn energy consumption over time. That's why you take the measurement over several days (many cycles) to get a useful avg.

[upcycle]

Great video. I recommend making a video review of the P3 "Watts Up Pro" meter too. That is an interesting device with some unique features that may be of interest to youtubers.

[KayaKB]

What a great instructional video. I can't wait to see what else you come up with!