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Power Consumption Meter
Measure and track your electricity usage
Save the world - save some cash!!!

$19.95 +$6.95 shipping discuss this product (116 comments)

Now available in black or white! 

 

They sit there, quietly, or sometimes not so quietly really, but what they're doing is costing you money without you realizing it.

Usually you can see where your money is going.  The numbers rolling upwards on the petrol pump.  The credit card receipts you sign while shopping.  The ever-increasing waistlines of the Cash Weevils which feed on the notes in your wallet when you're having a night out.

 

 

But your household appliances and gadgetry just sit there, year after year, and never really tell you just how much they cost.

So you've got the message: you want to be "green", to reduce carbon emissions, save the rainforests and make sure your kids will have some dry land to live on when it's time for them to leave the house.  But how do you really know what the worst offenders are?

 

Today's Thingy is here to settle the question once and for all.  The Electric Power Meter not only measures volts and amps and all that fun stuff, but you can enter your peak and off-peak power costs and it will add up totals for you!  So you can get numbers measured in dollars, not just kilowatt-hours.

Finally you can really know how much it costs to run the dryer for an hour, or your computer for a weekend.  What your fridge is really costing you.  Oh, and try it on a hairdryer sometime - wow!

Now some modern gadgets like big TVs, photocopiers or anti-aircraft radar targeting systems have 'soft-off' standby modes, where it's off-but-not-really-off - ready to go at a moment's notice.  They can be sucking a lot less juice than when they're being used, sometimes even too low a level for this meter to accurately read, but then that's what the little switches on the wall outlets are for... just shut 'em off when you're not using them!

Better grab yours now, they won't be here tomorrow!

Product Specs

Specifications:

• Power meter model MS6115
  

• Displays voltage, frequency, amps consumed, power rating
• Displays peak line power recorded (from memory)
• Displays accumulative total electricity consumption
• Adjustable maximum overload warning
  
• Stores 2 different kWh prices for on/off peak measurements (can be weekdays vs. weekends, specific days etc)
  
• Measures current from 0.2A to 10A (+/- 3% accuracy)
  
• Measures voltages from 200V-276V (+/- 3% accuracy)
• Measures power from 0-3010W (+/- 4% accuracy)
• Clock accuracy +/- 1 minute per month
• Power consumption less than 2 watts
• Operating temperature range -10°-40°C
  
• Maximum continuous power capacity 2400W (10A)
  
• Memory preserved when unplugged by 3x AG13 batteries (included) - lasts about 3 months without power
  
• Dimensions 120x64x59mm
• LCD Screen 20x35mm

 

 

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Good points

• Simple to operate.
• Cheap.
• OK accuracy on readings of energy usage (wattage) if allowed to run for a long period of time.
• Accurate amps readings.

Bad points

• Kilowatt-hours measured to only one decimal place.
• No annualised or quarterly cost calculations.

 

Do your appliances measure up?

One way to find out... 

Menus

Pressing the FUNC button repeatedly will cycle through the following menus:

Volt AC -> Amp -> Watt-> Max Watt -> kWh -> Total Price ->  Total Price 1 -> Total Price 2

Volt AC simply shows the Voltage currently being supplied.  The unit can handle from 200V to 276V.  We assume it is measuring RMS voltage, not peak to peak. 

Otherwise we’d not be able to multiply volts by amps to get the power.

Amp show the current being drawn at that instant.  It can handle up to 10A of current.

Watts shows the power being drawn by device you have plugged in at any given moment. 

Watts max is a register which shows the maximum power drawn at any instant since you last reset that register.  Press and hold the FUNC key while in the Watts max function, to reset the register to zero.

kWh is a register which shows the total accumulated energy consumed since you last reset the register.  Press and hold the FUNC key within the kWh function, to reset the register to zero.

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Shipping Options:

• One Power Meter is $26.90 delivered
  
• Shipping and handling is $6.95 for the first unit but only $3 for each additional unit (includes insurance/shipping and handling)
• Available in black and white - if you have a preference, please indicate your colour choice during checkout and we'll do our best!
  
• Limit 3 per member
  

 

Warranty: 12 months from Zazz