Robin wrote:
On 13/05/2018 09:11, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Jim K laid this down on his screen :
Can anyone point me to the simplest way(s) to check my digital
Â*leccy meter plse?

Something non invasive would be preferable.

Rough check - turn everything off, except for one 1Kw heater. Run it for
60 minutes and the meter should clock up exactly 1Kilowatt hour.

I think that would be better with "roughly" in place of "exactly" given
there's not just the vagaries of the manufacturer's rating but also the
variation in supply voltages. I reckon the 2 combined could easily be
plus or minus 20 percent - roughly

How many people have houses where doing this is remotely practical?

Firstly you don't want to have virtually nothing in the house working
for an hour (heating, cooking, radio/TV, internet, whatever) and
secondly there are almost certainly things that you can't easily turn
off while leaving a circuit live for the 1kW fire.

Yes, it *could* be done but it's a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

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Chris Green
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