[Noisebridge-discuss] 1. Re: Electricity usage at the space is up UP UP

[jim]

    Good idea. A variant is to unplug the suspect device 
and plug it into something that measures Amps (e.g. a 
variac). What this will yield is a snapshot of amps. 
What's additionally needed is to know the amount of use 
during a billing period. 
    A gizmo such as Andy's suggestion (we have one buried 
behind the refridge next to the vending machine) can show 
power usage for a time period. (I saw it but didn't want 
to move all the stuff necessary so's to retrieve it--if 
someone does retrieve it, maybe it'd be good to have a 
well-known storage place for it or the note someone would 
write to indicate it's current working location.) 
    I suspect the cooking stuff as the primary sucker of 
power and NB money: can cookers tell if there's been 
greater use of that stuff in the last three months over 
the previous quarter? 




On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 12:10 -0700, Bruce Wolfe wrote:
> Go analog and start unplugging things one at a time while someone is
> watching the meter spin (or numbers flip) while on walkie-talkies, or
> a human chain to relay the message up and down or maybe just plain old
> two cans and string.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> Sent from Android. Pardon spelling.
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