Dealmonger: Kill-A-Watt Energy Monitor for $20
By Stephen Cooke
Here’s another Toolmonger item from way back that’s a good deal right now: Meritline has the Kill-A-Watt listed for $20 right now — about $2-$3 cheaper than normal – and while we did find it for $18 from one other mail-order-only shop, Meritline beats ‘em out on shipping.
The Kill-A-Watt not only shows you the voltage and frequency that the power company is delivering to you, it also shows you how much power the appliance it’s connected to is drawing. It’s a kick-ass (and inexpensive) way to “energy audit” your home, and I’ll bet we all have older power tools around that draw power just from being left plugged in or left in standby mode. With the Kill-A-Watt we can know.
The Kill-A-Watt [P3 International]
Kill-A-Watt Model P4400 for $20 [Meritline]
Street Pricing [Froogle]
Via Amazon
April 6th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
[...] Stephen from Toolmonger just posted a deal on the Kill-a-Watt energy monitor device: $20 from Meritline. We used to have one of these when I was working at the University of Florida and it worked like a champ. It allows you to see what wattage a device is pulling, which is good for determining the real power consumption of that third or fourth PC you have hooked up. As Stephen mentions in the post, this tool allows for an easy “energy audit” of your home. And for geeks like me who’ve got tons of random devices and gadgets all over, you might even save yourself some money. [...]