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
display utility voltage?
Oct 24, 2009
34 Replies
Look here:
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Googled: energy consumption meter plug in
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
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.
Look more closely; some will display voltage
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.
google is your friend
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Try this outfit:
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a Kill-A-Watt will do both
nate
I did not want the fuss. I just wanted to let it hang in the outlet and tell me the voltage
Not bad for $16.99.
If you really want to cheap it down pick up this multimeter from Harbor Freight:
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Jeff
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.
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
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.
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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.
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.
They also register voltage. You can choose voltage, amperage, and wattage, as well as KwH and cost. Mine is a UPM EM100
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
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:59:33 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote Re Re: display utility voltage?:
Ditto on that.
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