Re: Kill-A-Watt Meters

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Interesting... I wonder if there are HV transients on the line that are
killing it?
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Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Kill-A-Watt Meters


 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > All,
 >
 > I bought a P4400 Kill-A-Watt meter last year for use with my SSTC coil.
 > However, on initial running of my SSTC, the unit was very quickly killed.
 > Definitely a Kill-o-watt meter.
 > I returned the meter to the online retailer I purchased it from and never
 > ran it again with my SSTC coil.  However, when I built up my 15/60mA NST
 > tesla coil and used this meter again,
 > the thing quickly crapped the bed again.  Both times the voltage and
 > currents were within specifications of the unit (as indicated by analog
 > meters on my variac controller).   I again returned the thing and got my
 > money back.
 >
 > These things appear in my experience not to be built too well for tesla
use.
 > Perhaps others have had better luck????
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >