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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
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Subject: Re: power meters
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 00:45:09 EST
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> > I'm looking for a gadget to plug into the wall that will tell me how much
> > power an appliance, lamp, etc. is consuming. My electric bill has recently
> > increased and I would like to find out where the power is going.
> 
> ...  On the other hand perhaps education in the
> U.S. really as bad as Raygun says it is if we have science
> undergraduates or possibly graduates who don't that AMMETERS exist.
> 
> Paul Wilcox-Baker.

To top it off, I went to MIT and majored in computer science in the
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Yes, I know about AMMETERS and VOLTMETERS and own a few as well. I even
know how to do the measurements. But this doesn't help me with my
problem. When the motor is running on my 'frige, I can measure it's
power consumption, but this doesn't tell me how often, and for how long
the 'frige has been running.

I would like to plug the gadget in and find out that the 'frige used N
kilo-watt hours during the week.
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