john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) (04/08/85)
<<< in a word: No The power rating on each appliance is a worst case ballpark figure that is useful for determining how close you are to tripping the breaker. It will not tell you things like how much your fridge costs to operate or the effect of turning down the temperature or cleaning the coils. Besides you would still have to measure the duty cycle to find out how often the appliance ran. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john
ewh@druky.UUCP (HarkinsEW) (04/09/85)
re: power meters, etc, ad nauseum; i'm really surprised that nobody piped up with a little tip during the various pronunciamentos: on nearly all electrical gear there is either an amps or watts rating. just look and you'll find it; follow the conversion formula if needed and you've got it, no? ernie harkins <this space for rent>
ken@ncrcae.UUCP (Ken Fineberg) (04/11/85)
In article <905@druky.UUCP> ewh@druky.UUCP (HarkinsEW) writes: >re: power meters, etc, ad nauseum; i'm really surprised that nobody piped up >with a little tip during the various pronunciamentos: on nearly all electrical >gear there is either an amps or watts rating. just look and you'll find it; >follow the conversion formula if needed and you've got it, no? >ernie harkins ><this space for rent> That's fine for light bulbs, TV's and other constant consumers, BUT consider cyclic devices such as water heaters, washing machines, clothes driers, refrigerators etc. It's a lot easier to measure their power consumption with a watt-hour meter than it is to calculate their power consumption. BTW how much rent do you want for your space :-)?