P3 P4400 Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor

Glad to help 🙂 A Kill A Watt electric usage monitor could be very helpful for figuring out your power needs. When you're at home, just run all your equipment on one power strip through it and see how much power your drawing at one time https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU/

This sub is for an application called Home Assistant. Saving electricity will be by the big players, not the small fries. The AC, the electric dryer, and your electric car will be the big users. A device that uses 3000 watts and runs all the time will cost you money... a 65watt light bulb that is on 12 hours / day is $3/month. Your kids laptop is almost zero, their electric scooter is negligible. The AC will likely be your biggest consumer during summer... like half your bill. There is a device called the Kill-a-watt. LINK HERE No other devices needed... you plug your devices into this, it will show real time power usage AND it will record how much power is used since the Kill-a-watt was plugged in.

Fridge power usage varies a few ways: Old fridge like a 20y old super reliable GE, could draw 1200w on startup and then draw 800w New $900 top freezer GE can mostly draw under 100w except when in defrost cycle drawing 300w. Even though the dumb specification on this new GE says...needs 15A. To know what your fridge is using, I recommend buying cheaper but equally good alternatives to the famous Kill A Watt ( two for $60+ of the original kill a Watt brand) https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU Or a pair of a lesser known brand for around $20 below! I have a few of both brands, so I recommend the below pair/set https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMD7Y6P8 BUT! they all block the entire duplex outlet, so for either 120v outlet meter, you may also want some short three prong extension cords, each cost more than $10 ! This amazes/saddens me that a smart device can be cheaper than some copper wire and insulation and plugs in an extension cord.

I recommend buying cheaper but equally good alternative to the famous Kill A Watt , two for $60+ of the original https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU Or two for around $20 below! I have both. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMD7Y6P8 BUT! they block the entire duplex outlet, so for either 120v outlet meter, you'll also want some short three prong extension cords, each cost more than $10 ! This amazes me that a smart device can be cheaper than some copper and insulation and plugs.

The possible low voltage... brownout theory is worth pursuing. A cheaper but equally good alternative to the famous Kill A Watt , two for $60+ of the original https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU Or two for around $20 below! I have both. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMD7Y6P8 If you get either, you'll also want some short three prong extension cords which cost more than $10 ! This amazes me that a smart device can be cheaper than some copper and insulation and plugs.