Kill A Watt $26 only - reduce you power bill

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Kill A Watt Meter - the electricity detector reduce you power bill. now $25 plus around $5 shipping from supermediastore.com

Kill A Watt link

 

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quoted from manufacturer website:

"Connect your appliances into the Kill A Watt?, and assess how efficient they are. A large LCD display counts consumption by the Kilowatt-hour just like utility companies. You can figure out your electrical expenses by the hour, day, week, month, even an entire year. Monitor the quality of your power by displaying Voltage, Line Frequency, and Power Factor."

http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-HG.html

 

[BudAshes]

ill kill your watt

 

[Yamyam]

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

 

[herkulease]

anyone try this? does it work with say refridgerators? Ours is getting old and I wanna know how much its wasting.

 

[RideFree]

I found that I need to unplug the
Clothes Dryer
Oven
Range Top
Refigerator
Freezer
2 TVs
& Computer

I've already turned the thermostat down to 55 and
am washing the dishes by hand in Cold-Water All.

 

[tealk]

LOL.....then you'd pay like 2 bux a month

 

[foodfightr]

Originally posted by: RideFree
I found that I need to unplug the
Clothes Dryer
Oven
Range Top
Refigerator
Freezer
2 TVs
& Computer

I've already turned the thermostat down to 55 and
am washing the dishes by hand in Cold-Water All.

Sounds like fun!@

 

[Zap]

You guys don't know electricity bills until you've lived in a desert. Until I moved to Wisconsin, having a $250 electricity bill was considered average.

 

[cyberia]

Originally posted by: RideFree
I've already turned the thermostat down to 55

Won't work for me. It almost never gets this cold down here.

Does anyone know how much power a Dimension 8400 consumes? I upgraded my Athlon XP 1800+ CPU a few months ago and now my electricity bills consistently run $30 higher. Could it be because of the new PC?

 

[techfuzz]

Originally posted by: Zap
You guys don't know electricity bills until you've lived in a desert. Until I moved to Wisconsin, having a $250 electricity bill was considered average.

That's not just in the desert. My last 3 months electric bills have been averaging around $250 and I live in Georgia.

Does anyone know how much power a Dimension 8400 consumes? I upgraded my Athlon XP 1800+ CPU a few months ago and now my electricity bills consistently run $30 higher. Could it be because of the new PC?

$30 is a bit much for a CPU upgrade. Make sure you clean your A/C's air filter regularly.

techfuzz

 

[ECartman]

Originally posted by: RideFree
I found that I need to unplug the
Clothes Dryer
Oven
Range Top
Refigerator
Freezer
2 TVs
& Computer

I've already turned the thermostat down to 55 and
am washing the dishes by hand in Cold-Water All.

yeah but Ride you're saving a ton on your VoIP already! Splurge!

 

[Souka]

Originally posted by: RideFree
I found that I need to unplug the
Clothes Dryer
Oven
Range Top
Refigerator
Freezer
2 TVs
& Computer

I've already turned the thermostat down to 55 and
am washing the dishes by hand in Cold-Water All.

Couple of problems....

Your Dryer, Oven, and Range Top all run on 220v.... you can't plug that into this device...

 

[mell1n]

i ordered it from ambient weather a month or so ago. it's a good store cept they don't give a tracking number.

our electric bill in houston is 500/mo for a two story house. got it down to 420 after checking a few things out with the kill a watt. hopefully getting CFLs soon.

 

[Fuelrod]

Originally posted by: techfuzz

Originally posted by: Zap
You guys don't know electricity bills until you've lived in a desert. Until I moved to Wisconsin, having a $250 electricity bill was considered average.

That's not just in the desert. My last 3 months electric bills have been averaging around $250 and I live in Georgia.

My last bill was $320 here in Houston, and the local supplier just annouced they intend to raise rates by another 14%. $350 here I come ...., pure suckage!

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: cyberia

Originally posted by: RideFree
I've already turned the thermostat down to 55

Won't work for me. It almost never gets this cold down here.

Does anyone know how much power a Dimension 8400 consumes? I upgraded my Athlon XP 1800+ CPU a few months ago and now my electricity bills consistently run $30 higher. Could it be because of the new PC?

If you leave your pc on 24/7, it will cost less than $20 a month regardless of what you have in it.

I measured my 2400+ and 3800+ at full cpu usage and neither used more than 275 watts.

275 watts * 24 hours = 6600 watts

6600 * 31 days = 204600 watts

204600 watts = 204.6 kilowatts

204.6 * $.083 (chicago price per kilowatt) = $16.98


Total per month: $16.98 if cpu was maxxed out 24/7.

 

[Miramonti]

A large CRT on 24/7 may cost $6/mth tho, while an lcd of the same size will use 1/3 of that.

 

[commOdog]

so what uses the most energy so far that someone would not expect?
printer?
microwave?
coffeepot?
fishtank?
etc.. etc..

just curious

 

[RideFree]

Folks, if you're trying to figure out what your CRT (for example) costs to run for a month 24/7.

Drag up the Excel spreadsheet and multiply the wattage by 720 (hrs in a thirty-day month), move the decimal point three places to the left (convert watt-hours into KWH) and multiply the result by whatever your electric rate/KWH is from your electric bill.

i.e. the monitor is rated at 150 watts...
750*150/1000*$.10 = $10.80
The above assumes $.10/KWH. If your utility charges $.09 the cost would be $9.72

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: Souka

Originally posted by: RideFree
I found that I need to unplug the
Clothes Dryer
Oven
Range Top
Refigerator
Freezer
2 TVs
& Computer

I've already turned the thermostat down to 55 and
am washing the dishes by hand in Cold-Water All.

Couple of problems....

Your Dryer, Oven, and Range Top all run on 220v.... you can't plug that into this device...

You can if they run on gas.

 

[LoWeONE]

Just ordered one...

 

[darkrain]

You can if they run on gas.

is that cheaper running with gas? anybody knows?

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: darkrain

You can if they run on gas.

is that cheaper running with gas? anybody knows?

gas dryers cost more than electric, but are cheaper to run.

 

[Bill Kunert]

We just moved to Georgetownn, Ky. from north central Ohio. We have Kentucky Utilities and live in an all electric house. Temps averaged mid 90's daytime high in August. We used nearly 1400KWH and paid $75. In Ohio we paid nearly $130 for 800 KWH. KU is one of the least expensive electric utilities in the country. We are happy campers.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: McPhreak

Originally posted by: Souka

Originally posted by: RideFree
I found that I need to unplug the
Clothes Dryer
Oven
Range Top
Refigerator
Freezer
2 TVs
& Computer

I've already turned the thermostat down to 55 and
am washing the dishes by hand in Cold-Water All.

Couple of problems....

Your Dryer, Oven, and Range Top all run on 220v.... you can't plug that into this device...

You can if they run on gas.

My gas dryer runs on a 110V standard wall plug. I'm not sure about my gas range and oven.