When new hire Bill Harmon joined the team, he brought with him a new way of testing power at the socket level. There are several ways measure power at the plug, and we have explored a few. Raritan's ...
Growing up, one of my father’s catchphrases was, “Turn off the lights when you leave a room; we’re not made of money!” I rolled my eyes back then, but I get it now. Like many, my electric bill has ...
With the ever-rising cost of electricity, we’re all getting increasingly sensitive about how much power our computers, televisions, appliances and other doohickeys are using — not just when we’re ...
Power meters like the Kill-A-Watt are great for keeping track of energy usage, and are also very hackable. The Kill-a-Watt in particular puts out analog signals proportional to current and voltage, ...
Adafruit has this week announced the availability of a new Mini Power Meter complete with Voltage, Current, Watt’s mAh and mWh display, which is capable of supporting a wide variety of different ...
Hackers love to monitor things. Whether it’s the outside temperature or the energy used to take a shower, building a sensor and displaying a real-time graph of the data is hacker heaven. But the most ...
'Energy Vampires' Are Real, but Not Every Device Drains Power Like You Think ...