RE: Kill-A-Watt Meters

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

Jon found an interesting article on Kill-A-Watt meters.  Apparently, early 
models were killed by power inverters too (blown fuses and a burned resistor).

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/Kill-A-Watt_ttw.pdf

Apparently they fixed that problem.  But still it only involved the easy to 
fix support components that are easy to modify.  An interesting and 
informative piece an these meters.

Cheers,

         Terry


At 01:40 PM 3/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:


>I was using (2) 20A corcom filters (in parallel) between my controller and
>the wall outlet with the meter.
>Still, didn't seem to help much.
>
>Dan
>
>
>
>Perhaps these meters should only be used with a corcom filter between it and
>the TC?
>
>-Pete Lawrence.
>
>
>  >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.
>  >
>  >These things appear in my experience not to be built too well for tesla
>use.
>  >Perhaps others have had better luck????
>  >
>  >The Captain
>  >
>  >