Re: (ET) ET Charges for Pennys a Day

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 23 Feb 2008 at 19:47, Raymon R. Ellis wrote:

> my Kill-A-Watt drops out whenever the current
> supply is interrupted even very briefly.

I wonder if you could add a nice big electrolytic capacitor across the 
output of the logic supply section, to provide a few seconds of stored 
energy.  The KaW is a very cheap Made-in-China mass market device, and you 
can bet its power supply filtering is the very minimum required.

There may not be room inside for any hacks, however.  I've never opened 
one 
up.

I'd expect there to be more room inside a better quality (and larger) 
unit, 
such as the Brand Power Meter.  The Brand might even have a bit of power 
blip protection built into it already, though I don't know for sure.  Of 
course it costs a fair bit more; the simplest model is $150.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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