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[email protected] March 30th 09 01:57 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
Costco here in NJ has these for $26. And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.

On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work :( The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. Taking it
back to exchange.

LouB March 30th 09 02:22 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
wrote:
Costco here in NJ has these for $26. And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.

On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work :( The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. Taking it
back to exchange.


Having moved from NJ my nearest Costco is now over an hour away:-((

[email protected] March 30th 09 03:09 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
On Mar 30, 9:22*am, LouB wrote:
wrote:
Costco here in NJ has these for $26. * And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. *So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.


On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work *:( * The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. * Taking it
back to exchange.


Having moved from NJ my nearest Costco is now over an hour away:-((


You can order a lot of what they have online too.

HeyBub[_3_] March 30th 09 04:48 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
wrote:
Costco here in NJ has these for $26. And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.

On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work :( The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. Taking it
back to exchange.


But it was a bargain, right?



Stormin Mormon March 30th 09 05:21 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
Living in NYS, none come up on the web page.

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"LouB" wrote in message
...

Having moved from NJ my nearest Costco is now over an hour
away:-((



Stan Buxley March 30th 09 10:24 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 

wrote in message
...
Costco here in NJ has these for $26. And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.

On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work :( The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. Taking it
back to exchange.


I wouldn't be fluffing my feathers for spending $26 for something that
doesn't work.



Pete C. March 30th 09 11:47 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 

Stan Buxley wrote:

wrote in message
...
Costco here in NJ has these for $26. And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.

On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work :( The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. Taking it
back to exchange.


I wouldn't be fluffing my feathers for spending $26 for something that
doesn't work.


Eh, a dud slips through even the best manufacturers QC one in a while.
Things can work through all QC testing and then fail after a few
thousand miles of shipping vibration. My earlier model Kill-a-Watt works
wonderfully.

mm March 31st 09 04:27 AM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:57:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Costco here in NJ has these for $26. And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.

On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work :(


ROTFLOLWTIME

The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. Taking it
back to exchange.



[email protected] March 31st 09 02:50 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
On Mar 30, 5:24*pm, "Stan Buxley"
wrote:
wrote in message

...

Costco here in NJ has these for $26. * And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. *So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.


On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work *:( * The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. * Taking it
back to exchange.


I wouldn't be fluffing my feathers for spending $26 for something that
doesn't work.



Lots of people here have used the Kill-A-Watt units and I've never
heard of a problem. I see no reason to think it would have been any
different if I paid $45 and bought one online. Except I'd be out the
shipping for the return. This one I just take back to Costco on my
next trip and get another on. No big deal.

ransley March 31st 09 04:50 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
On Mar 30, 7:57*am, wrote:
Costco here in NJ has these for $26. * And it's the better model,
where you input your cost of electricity, and it directly reads out
how much electricity cost is to run whatever you're measuring by the
day, week, month, year, etc. *So, if you're looking to pick one up,
this is a good deal.

On the negative side, the one I bought doesn't work *:( * The SET key
doesn't do anything, so I can't enter the electric rate. * Taking it
back to exchange.


How many hours will it store Kwh data for, mine is 99 hours before
auto reset.

larry March 31st 09 07:09 PM

Kill-a Watt Meter at Costco
 
wrote:
On Mar 30, 5:24 pm, "Stan Buxley"
wrote:



Lots of people here have used the Kill-A-Watt units and I've never
heard of a problem. I see no reason to think it would have been any
different if I paid $45 and bought one online. Except I'd be out the
shipping for the return. This one I just take back to Costco on my
next trip and get another on. No big deal.


just keep it away from inductively caused arcs, like don't
plug a 40 watt fan into it, read the watts, then pull the
plug. My first one now lives in a world of its own, with
about a 40% calibration error. I found a page on how to do a
re-calb, but at $20 on the web I picked up two new ones.

-- larry/dallas


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