display utility voltage?

[Todd]

Hi All,

Anyone know of a voltage meter I can plug into and sit in an electrical outlet that will display my utility voltage? (No luck with Google.)

Many thanks,

-T

[Bennett Price]

Look here:

Googled: energy consumption meter plug in

[Todd]

Thank you for looking!

Unfortunately, those are consumption meters. Rats! I want to monitor my line voltage, so I don't start my washer during a brown out.

-T

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, What's wrong using multimeter? Typically brown out period is early morning breakfast time, evening supper time. We do our laundry during the day on week ends.

[Bennett Price]

Look more closely; some will display voltage

[Steve Barker]

check campingworld. A lot of Rv'r use them to monitor voltage in rv parks.

there definitely is such an animal. Plugs right in the outlet.

[Steve Barker]

google is your friend

[EXT]

Try this outfit:

[Nate Nagel]

a Kill-A-Watt will do both

nate

[Todd]

I did not want the fuss. I just wanted to let it hang in the outlet and tell me the voltage

[jeff_wisnia]

Not bad for $16.99.

If you really want to cheap it down pick up this multimeter from Harbor Freight:

Jeff

[HeyBub]

That's a good idea: Attach a male plug to the wires where the probes used to be.

But I'd like to second the Kill-A-Watt. You'll find many other uses for the device.

[Todd]

Hi Guys,

Thank you for all the tips. I never would have thought to look in RV accessories. Now I have lots of choices, including pretty LED models. I am thinking that the analog with the red and green strips may just be perfect -- no math required.

Many thanks,

-T

[Stormin Mormon]

Radio Shack used to have a plug in meter, for about five bucks. Swing needle for voltage.

Google for "line voltage monitor" and find one for $20 at Walmart.

[gfretwell]

Buy a cheap meter, put lamp cord on it and plug it in. I bought a Weston 904 (lab grade back in the day) for $5 at a surplus place and it has been plugged in for 15 years.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, That is very good idea. Very well built vintage meter you can hang on the wall like a clock. Will beat El Cheapo Chinese made plug in meters for sure.

[clare]

They also register voltage. You can choose voltage, amperage, and wattage, as well as KwH and cost. Mine is a UPM EM100

[clare]

Standard multimeter - cheap as you can get, wired to a plug. Nasty if the wires come out of the meter, and definitely not "code compliant" like the UPM EM100

[Caesar Romano]

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:59:33 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote Re Re: display utility voltage?:

Ditto on that.

[HeyBub]