+- MacResource (https://forums.macresource.com)
+-- Forum: My Category (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Tips and Deals (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Thread: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... (/showthread.php?tid=15655)
Pages:
1
2
Re: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... - Jimmypoo - 07-23-2006
Charlie's cousin?
Re: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... - MacMagus - 07-23-2006
I just saw one for $35 bucks at Microcenter.
Very tempting.
Re: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... - AllGold - 07-23-2006
You know me too well.
Re: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... - JoeBob - 07-23-2006
Man, those things are fun to play with.
Brother in law works at Grainger, and they have a demo model to play with.
Good way to kill a few minutes.
Re: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... - decocritter - 07-24-2006
Watts Up ?
This another brand that has a Pro version.
https://www.doubleed.com/secure.html
Re: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... - decocritter - 07-24-2006
http://www.generatorsales.com/calculator_GOOGLE.ASP
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/howmuch.html
Re: You like USB Scale, Kill a watt? Well, I like this..... - AllGold - 07-25-2006
That generatorsales link is obviously designed to up-sell people buying generators. The data on surge watts is questionable at best and probably just downright bogus.
It says a window air conditioner uses 4800 surge watts. That's 40 amps at 120V. A washing machine uses 3400 surge watts, 28.33 amps. No way. Who has their window AC or washing machine on a 40 amp circuit?
Maybe they really do surge that high, but if so, it's only for a couple milliseconds and a 15 amp circuit can handle it. Otherwise, we'd all be tripping breakers every time an electric motor switched on.