kill-o-watt?

[davemchine]

I have a fairly new stand up freezer that has been moved from the garage into a utility room inside the house. I've noticed it hums all the time. I'm not sure if that means the compressor is running, a fan, or just what. It never stops though. The freezer is holding temperature but I'm worried it might be drawing a lot of power. Should I throw a kill-o-watt device onto it? Are there different models I should consider? Thanks.

[freeradical]

Don't buy one of these devices. Check one out from your local library if you need to.

[Forrest]

I would spend $20 on a P3 Killawatt to determine how much electricity the freezer is using. I bought one a few years ago and it's been useful in monitoring electricity useage.

First I would check the freezer plug and verify it uses the standard 3 prong plug, and not a special plug. It needs to match the Killawatt receptacle.

[space-time]

Buy one of these devices. You will find some many uses for it.

[michaelb]

I like my killawatt too. But I can't find and don't understand why there isn't associated iphone app that would let me track and store my results. I ended up putting the info in excel, but keeping track of some of the math isn't that easy.

So it is possible that different models are better at reporting the data and/or that you are good enough at the math so that doesn't matter.

[rjmacs]

One of these little suckers just convinced my folks to buy a new fridge. Theirs is pulling 1600 kWh/year! Yoinks!

[Filliam H. Muffman]

rjmacs wrote:
One of these little suckers just convinced my folks to buy a new fridge. Theirs is pulling 1600 kWh/year! Yoinks!

Did it come with it's own mini coal fired power plant? :jest:

[rjmacs]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=rjmacs]
One of these little suckers just convinced my folks to buy a new fridge. Theirs is pulling 1600 kWh/year! Yoinks!

Did it come with it's own mini coal fired power plant? :jest:
Methane-powered. They eat a LOT of beans! miley-excited001: