You might question the green credentials of yet another plastic-constructed, mains-driven gadget, but the Wattson home energy monitor has the potential to make us all play closer attention to our everyday power use.
wattson The Wattson electricity monitor: or an iPod speaker in disguise?
Yes, it looks rather like an add-on …
It don't got no fancy USB, but the "power angel" by seasonic <http://www.seasonicusa.com/power_angel.htm> is great for this. I have my desktop plus two 21" lcd monitors plus desk lamps and electronics lab gear all plugged into it; very illuminating to see what takes how much power. The monitors together equal the whole computer; a large stereo also plugged in takes hardly anything even at loud volumes; and you can even clearly see how a computationally intensive screen saver burns 30W !
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You might question the green credentials of yet another plastic-constructed, mains-driven gadget, but the Wattson home energy monitor has the potential to make us all play closer attention to our everyday power use. wattson The Wattson electricity monitor: or an iPod speaker in disguise? Yes, it looks rather like an add-on …
For something a lot cheaper...
It don't got no fancy USB, but the "power angel" by seasonic <http://www.seasonicusa.com/power_angel.htm> is great for this. I have my desktop plus two 21" lcd monitors plus desk lamps and electronics lab gear all plugged into it; very illuminating to see what takes how much power. The monitors together equal the whole computer; a large stereo also plugged in takes hardly anything even at loud volumes; and you can even clearly see how a computationally intensive screen saver burns 30W !
Recommended.
Jesse
Power Angle is 115V only
Nice device Jesse, but wont work for us Brits or most of the rest of Europe iirc
Chris
For the Brits...
...and rather cheaper, if less iPoddockesque:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=38343&TabID=1&source=1&doy=24m7