Can you suggest the better of the two to help determine baseline load requirements for an inverter generation. Ideally like to see both surge and running watts. Thanks, Dan
Do you know if this catches a surge? I want to test a few window AC units. They’re all around 6k-7k btu My main concern is the initial surge I want to know what it goes up to Since I’ll be posting them with a 1,200 watt generator So do you think the cheaper one would catch the intial surge ? Thanks
Avoid cheaper Suraielec, had one same function just look a bit different shell, the problem sometime plug in get blank display and just won't turn on, a weeks or months later plug in working again. The Kill A Watt always working even I have it may be 10 years.
Lol true but it's not built for heavy usage over a long period of time , it's just for testing ... With the watt meter you can leave a fan plugged in for hours to see how much kw you're burning, with the multimeter it might probably melt
Just bought the Suraielec using your link. Thanks for the review.
so I guess the Surailec does not tell you projected cost for for day/week/month / year ?
yes or no
No safety rating on the cheap one???
Can you suggest the better of the two to help determine baseline load requirements for an inverter generation. Ideally like to see both surge and running watts. Thanks, Dan
Both are not that fast in response times so best used for running average watts.
@@BeatTheBushDIY Thanks. Your videos are very helpful to many people.
Do you know if this catches a surge? I want to test a few window AC units. They’re all around 6k-7k btu
My main concern is the initial surge
I want to know what it goes up to
Since I’ll be posting them with a 1,200 watt generator
So do you think the cheaper one would catch the intial surge ? Thanks
No it does not.
Avoid cheaper Suraielec, had one same function just look a bit different shell, the problem sometime plug in get blank display and just won't turn on, a weeks or months later plug in working again. The Kill A Watt always working even I have it may be 10 years.
If the outer shell is not exactly the same, the internals may be completely different. The Suraielec still works on my end since this video.
KAW has a 4460 with non-volatile memory now.
you can also cut open a power cable and use a clamp style multimeter on one of the leads to get voltage and amperage (to calculate watts).
Lol true but it's not built for heavy usage over a long period of time , it's just for testing ...
With the watt meter you can leave a fan plugged in for hours to see how much kw you're burning, with the multimeter it might probably melt