This is the season for giving, the season for savings, the season for giving savings. This means, you can do your shopping painlessly because of two energy monitoring gadgets.
The Kill A WATT by P3 International has basic features for monitoring your electrical bill, er, energy consumption. The LCD displays your power consumption by Kilowalt-hour. You can monitor the quality of your power by Voltage, Line Frequency, and Power Factor. It’s affordable too. You can snatch one of these for under $20.
More advanced is the efergy meter. This wireless, “smart” electricity meter looks great. The meter functions in real time, refreshing every 6 seconds to tell you power you’re consuming, what it’s costing you, and an estimate of your contribution to climate change. The smart meter also stores data daily so you can track your changing habit towards energy. Think about that while you’re making New Year’s Resolutions.
