Kill A Watt for irish plugs

wolfric · 02-05-2009 8:55am #1

http://www.amazon.com/P3-International-Watt-Electricity-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU/h5-20/
http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html

These are 2 links for the kill a watt tool. I can't seem to find an irish version... Anyone have any ideas or seen anything similar?

dazberry · 02-05-2009 9:28am

I got something that looks very similar in Maplins. I picked mine up in a sale so it was a quite cheap, but I've seen them there since and they're a bit pricey.

D.

wolfric · 02-05-2009 10:27am

happen to remember what its called?

Saruman · 02-05-2009 10:32am

I have seen these things in many hardware stores like Atlantic, B&Q etc

snappieT · 02-05-2009 11:31am

Here it is in Maplin.

wolfric · 02-05-2009 11:45am

Nice one, thank you sir
If only i knew how, for college i'd make one of these combined with the technology that allows broadband to run through the power lines. Have it all hook up to a server and it'd show you live which appliances are using up electricity... the only problem is the usage of the device itself lol. I guess if you were to hire them out and use them for an "average day" it could give great results

Capt'n Midnight · 02-05-2009 11:52am

one of the German discount supermarkets will have them on special every 3-4 months for a tenner or so

Jonathan · 02-05-2009 12:44pm

You could also do it the old fashioned way and get out a multimeter.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-05-2009 1:52pm

Jonathan wrote: »

You could also do it the old fashioned way and get out a multimeter.

difference is the plugs measure over time
and IIRC (cba looking at manual) also include the power factor

for equipment like PC's , dishwashers and washing machines the power usage isn't steady

dazberry · 02-05-2009 2:02pm

snappieT wrote: »

Here it is in Maplin.

This is the one I got.

D.

Kill A Watt for irish plugs

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