here's some pictures of the inside of a kill-a-watt taken by someone
who was curious how they could be made so cheaply... http://cafeelectric.com/killawatt/index.php http://cafeelectric.com/killawatt/index.php dave David Roden wrote: 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to the "etpost" address will not reach me. To send me a private message, please use the address shown at the bottom of this page : http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Elec-trak mailing list Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak |