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Black and Decker Power Monitor frugal?

Date: Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:48 am. By: Guest

Would this device be frugal?
It allows one to monitor power use in real time
http://www.blackanddecker.com/Energy/products.aspx?WT.mc_id=BD00039

Black and Decker Power Monitor frugal?

Date: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:24 pm. By: Eeyore

me@privacy.net wrote:

Would this device be frugal?
It allows one to monitor power use in real time
http://www.blackanddecker.com/Energy/products.aspx?WT.mc_id=BD00039

It sounds reasonable enough, but I'd be more concerned about all that standby energy that will be swamped by general use with that type of measurement.
You can get meters that will monitor individual appliances and see if it would make sense to *turn them off* when not in use rather than use the standy button.
Graham

Black and Decker Power Monitor frugal?

Date: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:48 pm. By: Guest

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:24:30 +0000, Eeyore wrote:


me@privacy.net wrote:
Would this device be frugal?
It allows one to monitor power use in real time
http://www.blackanddecker.com/Energy/products.aspx?WT.mc_id=BD00039
It sounds reasonable enough, but I'd be more concerned about all that standby energy that will be swamped by general use with that type of measurement.
You can get meters that will monitor individual appliances and see if it would make sense to *turn them off* when not in use rather than use the standy button.
Graham

And there's the practical side of standby versus unplugged -
How long are you willing to wait for the TV to re-learn all the channels? (2-5 minutes each tme)
How long are you willing to wait for the cable box to be reloaded with all the program info? (up to an hour for Conmcraptic)
And the VCR/DVR/DVD can't automatically record if it's unplugged - not to mention losing date & time, channel pattern, and any scheduled record info. Oh yeah, need the cable box to record the digital channels...
John

Black and Decker Power Monitor frugal?

Date: Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:14 am. By: Eeyore

news@picaxe.us wrote:

Eeyore wrote: me@privacy.net wrote:
Would this device be frugal?
It allows one to monitor power use in real time
http://www.blackanddecker.com/Energy/products.aspx?WT.mc_id=BD00039
It sounds reasonable enough, but I'd be more concerned about all that standby energy that will be swamped by general use with that type of measurement.
You can get meters that will monitor individual appliances and see if it would make sense to *turn them off* when not in use rather than use the standy button.
And there's the practical side of standby versus unplugged -
How long are you willing to wait for the TV to re-learn all the channels? (2-5 minutes each tme)

Mine doesn't have that trouble. It stores the settings..... they're INSTANTLY restored ....but if you will buy cheap crap !

How long are you willing to wait for the cable box to be reloaded with all the program info? (up to an hour for Conmcraptic)

About 1 minute here.
As usual, US consumer goods are well below 'world standard'. A bit like Detroit.
Graham

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