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Old 12-18-2008, 11:18 PM
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Kill-a-watt

Anyone try a Kill-a-watt yet? They look neat, and I am thinking it would be fun to mess around with one. Even though I do live in the area with the cheapest power rates in the US, at $.0185/KWH, I still think would be fun to mess around with one. Plus it will help me calculate, if/when I move to Seattle...

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Old 12-18-2008, 11:24 PM
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I find mine useful. Its nice to know how much power something uses when its "off".

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Old 12-19-2008, 08:07 AM
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Mine does everything it said it could do, and it has been useful. I used it to track my old refrigerator over 1 week, and compared it to the new 'fridge. What a difference!
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Old 12-19-2008, 02:35 PM
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Agree, an interesting device.

Does what it says well, don't know exactly what I can do with the info BUT !!!!
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Old 12-19-2008, 08:23 PM
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It's good for things that are not easy to tell if they are working, such as a block heater on a car. Plug the block heater into it and you can see whether it is drawing power or not.
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Old 12-20-2008, 08:11 AM
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They won't let me near electrical things.

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