Kill-A-Watt…A What?

Kill-a-Watt

I recently heard about these nifty little gadgets that you can use to see exactly how much energy each of your household appliances are using. Made by a company called p3international, you simply have to plug them into any outlet in your home and then plug any appliance into the receptacle on the Kill-A-Watt and it will tell you exactly how much electricity any item in your home is using.

But it gets even better, you can also program the Kill-a-Watt to tell you exactly how much electricity each item in your home is using per day, per week, or per month. It doesn’t only tell you in kilowatt hours; it breaks it down into dollars and cents…terms we can all understand, thank you very much!

I’ve got three kids and some day’s I seriously don’t think they know what a light switch it. They get the on part, but the off switch must not work in their rooms. Same for televisions, radio’s, bathroom fans…you get the picture. I’m planning to make my kids test every appliance that they use. They’ll then be required to make a chart of the daily usage of each item they have in their room and every day I find it on, I’ll take the daily usage amount out of their allowance. Either I’m gonna get rich or they’re going to start turning stuff off.

I’m willing to bet that if you actually use the information that you get from testing different appliances in your house, you can save the cost of the Kill-a-Watt meter in a few short months.

I’m a sucker for data, so my advice is to test each item, and then make a spreadsheet tracking how much different appliances are costing you to keep plugged in. You can then decide what items are worth unplugging when not in use or connecting to a surge strip that can be turned completely off.

If you decide to use the Kill-a-Watt, let me know what you learn. I’ll post the results here.

For more information on the Kill-a-Watt meter, Four (4) Kill A Watt Power Meters

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