"Wayne Tiffany" wrote in message
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Has anyone bought/used one of these? They seem to be a neat device to
analyze home device power usage, such as a new refrigerator will take 20
years to pay back the purchase price, regardless of the wife wanting a new
one. :-) Any experience out there?

WT


Be careful of interpreting the results obtained for some appliances.
Depending on the algorithm used to calculate the power usage, some
switchmode power supplies that use a burst standby mode, can cause the meter
to give a misleadingly high reading when the device being measured, is in
standby. Otherwise, from all I've read about them (in general rather than
any specific make / model) they seem to be a useful and reasonably accurate
tool for the price.

Arfa