Seems crazy to me that there's not a readily available, if not cheap,
consumer-oriented wattmeter-for-dummies out there.  I sure could have used
one after my old apartment building was rewired and all the common area
circuits were conveniently wired into MY personal electric meter!

Is such a device not feasible?  Seems they'd sell pretty well.

Tracy Pierce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Ashton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: rotating blackouts ordered for NorthernCalifornia
>
>
> Thus it was written in the epistle of Ric Merz,
> > If you haven't had experience with electrical work, I don't
> recommend that
> > you get a VOM meter to measure the appliances.  Just look
> at the labels as
> > another poster stated.
>
> Be aware, though, that the label ratings on such things as
> computer power
> supplies are the maximum usage, not the typical.
>
> Ted
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> president used
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