Doug Braun wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I always have electricity bills higher than I expect,
> and I've always wanted something that would tell me
> how much electricity my house was using at any given
> moment. (Then I could tell if my air compressor or
> other shop tools were a significant contributor).
Any clamp ammeter can be clamped around each circuit in your breaker
panel and will give current measurements for that circuit. I have used
my cheap chinese one extensively....
Generally available on ebay for S.F.A, example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/DIGITAL-CLAMP-ON-AMMETER-82372_W0QQitemZ290167843730QQihZ019QQcategoryZ11704QQcmdZViewItem
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Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, trevor@boicey.com
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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