Cheap Killawatts! Buy 'em while you can!

[bennelson]

I don't usually post weird deals and things, but I just got an e-mail flyer that included getting Kill-a-Watts for under $20.

I think this deal is only good through Feb 11, 2009, so grab 'em while you can.

Killawatt purchasing link

That comes with free ground shipping and an "instant savings".

Add coupon code: EL20P on checkout to get your total down to $17.99.

Poof! Start saving energy for under $20!

I think I paid $35 when I bought mine.

The only down-side is that it comes in bulk packaging, but you didn't want that wasteful retail packaging anyways did you?






Kill A Watt P4400 - P3 International Electricity Usage Monitor - Bulk Package with Free Shipping
Monitor Your Electricity Usage, Kill A Watt, only $17.99
FREE SHIPPING
Coupon code: EL20P
Item# EL-006-0428

[Daox]

Thanks for posting here Ben!

[Daox]

I got a follow up for cheap kill a watts. Newegg has them on sale here for $20.

Use promo code: EMCLPMX36 to get free shipping.

[Daox]

Newegg.com has kill a watts up for sale again for $20 shipped.

Newegg.com - P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor

Use promo code: EMCMMML26 to get free shipping.

I might have to get another one of these... my one always seems to be in use when I need to use it for something else!

[GaryGary]

Hi,
Our local Costco has the Kill-A-Watt EZ for somewhere in $20's.
The EZ has some onboard memory and won't loose data over a power outage -- you can unplug it from wall and still read the KWH totals.

Gary

[AC_Hacker]

Originally Posted by GaryGary

Hi,
The EZ has some onboard memory and won't loose data over a power outage -- you can unplug it from wall and still read the KWH totals.
Gary

As a Kill-a-watt P3 user for more than two years, I'd say that having on-board memory is a real improvement!

-AC_Hacker

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[Daox]

Is that the only feature of the EZ? I looked on their site briefly this morning, but they don't clearly state differences.

[GaryGary]

Originally Posted by Daox

Is that the only feature of the EZ? I looked on their site briefly this morning, but they don't clearly state differences.

Hi,
To be honest, I've not really had a chance to spend any time with it. To a quick glance it appears to allow you to set power rates, and it will then make estimates of power cost -- there may be more.
Again, just to a first glance, it does not appear to be quite as easy to use -- it has the menu key approach with up/down etc.

I just picked one up because I use my old Kill-A-Watt a lot, and lend it to people, so I thought it would be good to have a spare on hand.

Gary

PS -- PV system passed inspection and is up and running. Just waiting for NW Energy to install the net meter so I get credit for the power. We had 22 inches(!) of snow over the last two days, so I guess I finished just in time

[Xringer]

Originally Posted by GaryGary

PS
PV system passed inspection and is up and running. Just waiting for NW Energy to install the net meter so I get credit for the power. We had 22 inches(!) of snow over the last two days, so I guess I finished just in time

Nice! Congrads on passing. Sorry to hear about the snow!

I've been looking at the Enphase products for about a year and just recently
seen they have come out with a unit that handles 2 panels!

I'm wondering if you also got the network-connect unit too?

~~~
My meter, seen here:
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/conser....html#post4759

And some others that I've heard about, work like a KillaWatt, where direction of the current isn't detected.
I think it might be an option with my model, but not installed.

So, If I hooked up some Enphase units, my meter wouldn't 'spin backwards'..
But it would register the PV power as used, and I would be billed for
the PV produced power, like I had actually used it!
LOL! Not only giving it away for free! But being billed for it too!

I hope you don't have one of these type of meters!

[GaryGary]

Originally Posted by Xringer

Nice! Congrads on passing. Sorry to hear about the snow!

I've been looking at the Enphase products for about a year and just recently
seen they have come out with a unit that handles 2 panels!

I'm wondering if you also got the network-connect unit too?

~~~
My meter, seen here:
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/conser....html#post4759

And some others that I've heard about, work like a KillaWatt, where direction of the current isn't detected.
I think it might be an option with my model, but not installed.

So, If I hooked up some Enphase units, my meter wouldn't 'spin backwards'..
But it would register the PV power as used, and I would be billed for
the PV produced power, like I had actually used it!
LOL! Not only giving it away for free! But being billed for it too!

I hope you don't have one of these type of meters!

Hi,
We had the new net meter installed a few days ago by NW Energy.
I asked about what the old meter had been doing with the PV system running.
He said that if you read the meter directly from the dials, that it correctly registers the net power you use -- it does give you credit for the times it runs backwards. But, if you read the meter using the radio gadget that allows them to read it from a car, it registers both the power you use and the power that the PV system generates both as power uses -- it gives you no credit for the power you generate -- in fact it charges you for the power you generate.
He said that they always make a point of taking a manual reading of the old meter when the install a new net meter just to make sure that people get credit for the power they had generated up to that time.
But, not sure all utilities would bother to do this.
I have to say that NW Energy has done well on this -- they made it out with the new meter in less than a week, and no hangups or delays on the paperwork at all.

I have added a big new section on the system with a lot of detailed install data -- hopefully helpful to people who want to install the Enphase grid-tied systems. I think it went pretty smoothly and easily -- the biggest job was building the mounts, and the wiring part (which I though might be difficult) was not bad at all.

Gary