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There are a number of good electricity usage meters on the market that you can use in order to a Buffalo Home Energy Assessment, in different price ranges and these are some examples:
Watts Up AC Power Meter: This device will give you the ability to enter the price of a kilowatt in the smallest unit (1/10 of a cent) and it measure accordingly the total cost of consumption of any device that it is plugged in to. and unlike the kill a watt device, this device have an attached power so you can plug the meter directly into a socket behind an appliance, and still see it and get the reading easily and you therefore and extension cord won't be needed. And another thing that I should mention would its ability to detect the maximum power use for a device. this wonderful device Costs around $110 US, this considered cheap regarding all its features.
The Energy Detective (TED): this device will help measure the total energy consumption of your house, but you have to install a component on your circuit breaker panel, by an electrician or experienced homeowner, this component will help you get a reading of the house energy consumption and if there is a device switched on it will accordingly change the value and follow the electricity usage and give the approximate cost. Costs around $185 US.
Kill-A-Watt EZ: this version of the kill a watt meter will offer a whole new set of features such as giving you the possibility to enter you electricity rate, and this great device will accordingly estimate your energy cost whether per week, month or even year. this device has a backup battery that will enable you to measure kilowatt hour consumption on a cycling or intermittent appliance (for instance a refrigerator). This device is occupied with a memory as it will remember the latest values that you measured, how much energy was consumed and how much time has passed. This device Costs around $35 US.
Power Cost Monitor: This device doesn't give separate devices reading, it is a full-house electricity monitor. You can attach the exterior units and it will give you the readings about the consumption optimally. It uses the spinning power dial (analog meters) or optical port (digital meters) as a source for its readings and this device could be place up to 30 meters away from the device. This meter will help you calculate the cost of your consumption by offering several possibilities of entering several pricing structures including single-rate (same $ per kWh all the time), time of use (different rates based on the time of day used) and tiered (different rates based on how much you consume per month).Costs around $135 US.
But if you want to save yourself all the trouble of choosing a device, doing the audit all by yourself which increases the rates of having incorrect information, you should really ask for the help of a Buffalo Energy Audit Expert like Hughesco Inc. who will come over your house with their latest energy measurement technologies and give you accurate readings which will help you do the required and correct upgrades and installations, give them a call and you will never regret that you did.
