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Originally Posted by Xringer
Thanks for the verification. This old KillaWatt is my back-up plan,
in case the whole-house monitor idea doesn't work out.
Cheers,
Rich
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No problem, I hope it works for you.
I've been following your heat pump thread and really like what I see. A very neat system
. I have one concern; that the start up amps might exceed the killawatt's 15 amp rating. I've done it before intermittantly without it failing, but it will beep at you when it happens. It
could fail if the current is alote higher than 15 amps or a little higher than 15A for a long period of time though. Your compressor is a variable speed type driven by an inverter (I think) so maybe it won't be a huge problem to start? Maybe you could use an analogue clamp on ammeter and see what it looks like while starting before you hook up the killawatt.