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Measuring the Energy You Use?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-many-kilowatts-do-you-burn-in-an-hour dept.

centdollarman asks: "Everyone keeps talking about how energy is being wasted here and there. Energy bills keep soaring for me, and now I'm back to paper and pencil: just taking notice of the power meter values. Mine is nice, as it has a cute LED that blinks at 1/1000 of a KWh. However, there has to be a better way to do this, and I've started searching the web for someway to count my usage, automatically. Of course, this is easier said than done. It would also be nice to have some way to (cheaply!) measure the power consumption of a single device." So, for the energy conscious among us: how are you measuring the power you use?

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  1. Weird units by QuantumFTL · · Score: 2, Funny

    blinks at 1/1000 of a kWh

    In these parts, we call that a Watt-hour. What are you, some kind of Canadian?

    1. Re:Weird units by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You have Wh in the US? I thought you measure energy in ounceyards or something like that?

    2. Re:Weird units by Keebler71 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Obligatory Grandpa Simpons quote: "The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!"

      --
      "It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance." - Thomas Sowell
  2. Re:I have a system that periodically updates me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Turn off any computers that are unessential.
    But this is slashdot, where unfortunately uptime is more important than power saving.