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From: stadlin@hou2h.UUCP (Art Stadlin)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Power Meters
Message-ID: <860@hou2h.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 18:50:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 18:50:13 1985
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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. . .
>>   Marty Sasaki
>>   Havard University Science Center	

> I simply can't believe that someone from the scientific section of
> one of the U.S.A's supposedly leading universities doesn't know the
> answer to this.  Someone midway through high school physics should
> be able to answer this.  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.

I simply cannot understand why anyone would lash out so vociferously
to such an innocent net posting.  Marty asked a good question.  If I knew
where to buy a simple, ready-to-install, power measuring gadget,
I'm sure I'd pick up a few.

I'm convinced that you missed the point, which is why net traffic
picked up considerably with discussions of power factors, current meters,
RMS values, energy, and other high school physics topics.

But none of the peripheral discussion answered the original question:
----->>>  Does anyone know of an off-the-shelf, inexpensive, modular,
          household, AC power meter that can be installed without tools?
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