Comments on: Green Product Review: Kill-A-Watt http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/ Towards a Sustainable Future Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:02:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: How much is my computer costing me? « Get In2Solar http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-12052 How much is my computer costing me? « Get In2Solar Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:30:56 +0000 http://greenertrends.com/?p=264#comment-12052 [...] via Green Product Review: Kill-A-Watt | Greener Trends. [...] [...] via Green Product Review: Kill-A-Watt | Greener Trends. [...]

]]> By: Sharon parkar http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Sharon parkar Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:54:33 +0000 http://greenertrends.com/?p=264#comment-815 Its a great post and useful also because today everybody want to buy shopping goods online.:) Thanks for such an helpful post. Its a great post and useful also because today everybody want to buy shopping goods online.:)
Thanks for such an helpful post.

]]> By: Solar Powered Backpacks http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Solar Powered Backpacks Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:31:55 +0000 http://greenertrends.com/?p=264#comment-465 [...] This is a wonderful way to save a little on your utility bills (especially when combined with the Kill-A-Watt), and also makes you a little more eco-friendly!  Just imagine going on a hiking or camping trip [...] [...] This is a wonderful way to save a little on your utility bills (especially when combined with the Kill-A-Watt), and also makes you a little more eco-friendly!  Just imagine going on a hiking or camping trip [...]

]]> By: Nimic http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Nimic Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:41:32 +0000 http://greenertrends.com/?p=264#comment-209 I have one of these, great little device. It will more than pay for itself in a few months if you use it to identify problem areas. I have one of these, great little device. It will more than pay for itself in a few months if you use it to identify problem areas.

]]> By: Greg http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Greg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:30:39 +0000 http://greenertrends.com/?p=264#comment-177 Good is anything close to 0. Especially for things that are in standby. Remember that a common incandescent bulb is anything from 60W (a lamp) to 100W (to light a whole room) and those big lights are even more. Now multiply that by all the hours in a month it's drawing power. A kilowatt is about how much power goes into a microwave when it's running, and you'll see running LCD TVs under 200W. PCs vary with how much work they're doing, but the average user will never ever see over 500W. My media PC has a Seasonic, which I went out of my way for because it has an efficiency of 85%. Which is really quite good. It's also RoHS compliant, but that's another article. At any given moment, my house is using 1876W. It's just a matter of finding the thing that I'm not using that's pulling the most power. My power company charges about 10c per kWh, so it's all about finding things that are on all the time or that use a whole lot for a short period (looking at you, dryer) and use those less or unplug them if I have to. Good is anything close to 0. Especially for things that are in standby. Remember that a common incandescent bulb is anything from 60W (a lamp) to 100W (to light a whole room) and those big lights are even more. Now multiply that by all the hours in a month it’s drawing power.

A kilowatt is about how much power goes into a microwave when it’s running, and you’ll see running LCD TVs under 200W. PCs vary with how much work they’re doing, but the average user will never ever see over 500W. My media PC has a Seasonic, which I went out of my way for because it has an efficiency of 85%. Which is really quite good. It’s also RoHS compliant, but that’s another article.

At any given moment, my house is using 1876W. It’s just a matter of finding the thing that I’m not using that’s pulling the most power. My power company charges about 10c per kWh, so it’s all about finding things that are on all the time or that use a whole lot for a short period (looking at you, dryer) and use those less or unplug them if I have to.

]]> By: Ben http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Ben Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:18:35 +0000 http://greenertrends.com/?p=264#comment-176 Killer. I'm going to order one right now. Killer. I’m going to order one right now.

]]> By: Rob http://www.greenertrends.com/2008/08/13/green-product-review-kill-a-watt/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Rob Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:49:21 +0000 http://greenertrends.com/?p=264#comment-175 This looks like a great gadget to have. What are good and bad usage figures? Which power supply won out? This looks like a great gadget to have. What are good and bad usage figures? Which power supply won out?

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