> > But: This is more dangerous, as you have to put the ampere meter in-line > > with the consumer, and not parallel like a voltage meter. Some devices > > suck significant amounts of power, so be prepared for some sparks to fly!
You don't need to do that, you can use a donut current measuring device. See the little donuts on picture #4 http://marc.merlins.org/perso/linuxha/2010-08.html#Fine-grained-house-wide-power-monitoring-with-Brultech-ECM1240_-ecmread_py-_with-net-metering-support_-and-graphing-with-cacti You could just buy one of those donuts and measure the current from it (they cost $5 or so) http://www.etherbee.com/home/store/product.php?id_product=45 Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
