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Title: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: geekcryptogal on January 21, 2018, 12:30:21 AM Hey I have what's called a "Kill-A-Watt". You plug whatever into it and it shows you current power consumption in watts and also a history of how much was consumed. You could reset it and come back excactly 24 hours later and then record the results in a log. Do this a few days here and there and then average. Then you'd know your average cost each day and could just multiply that by 30 for monthly cost for tax write off purposes.
But what I'd like to know if there is something better, that doesn't cost too much. Something as reliable as Kill-A-Watt but perhaps allows you to communicate to it via WIFI and/or Bluetooth and get reports and what not? That's be sweet. Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: gotminer on January 21, 2018, 12:38:53 AM Hey I have what's called a "Kill-A-Watt". You plug whatever into it and it shows you current power consumption in watts and also a history of how much was consumed. You could reset it and come back excactly 24 hours later and then record the results in a log. Do this a few days here and there and then average. Then you'd know your average cost each day and could just multiply that by 30 for monthly cost for tax write off purposes. But what I'd like to know if there is something better, that doesn't cost too much. Something as reliable as Kill-A-Watt but perhaps allows you to communicate to it via WIFI and/or Bluetooth and get reports and what not? That's be sweet. I wonder if there are any pdu's that keep track of wattage at the wall. That would be sweet, because all you would have to do is the calculation into kwh and multiple by the rate you're paying once a month. Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: NameTaken on January 21, 2018, 12:39:34 AM Hey I have what's called a "Kill-A-Watt". You plug whatever into it and it shows you current power consumption in watts and also a history of how much was consumed. You could reset it and come back excactly 24 hours later and then record the results in a log. Do this a few days here and there and then average. Then you'd know your average cost each day and could just multiply that by 30 for monthly cost for tax write off purposes. But what I'd like to know if there is something better, that doesn't cost too much. Something as reliable as Kill-A-Watt but perhaps allows you to communicate to it via WIFI and/or Bluetooth and get reports and what not? That's be sweet. I wonder if there are any pdu's that keep track of wattage at the wall. That would be sweet, because all you would have to do is the calculation into kwh and multiple by the rate you're paying once a month. Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: gotminer on January 21, 2018, 12:41:32 AM I have a metered pdu, but it only shows me amp draw on each bank.
Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: nsummy on January 21, 2018, 01:16:52 AM I just bought one of these the other day on Amazon http://www.belkin.com/us/F7C029-Belkin/p/P-F7C029;jsessionid=EF1EA0843057C23D72017558CC6AC882/
Not cheaper than a kill-a-watt but does exactly what you are looking for. It connects to your wifi and you can use an app to see current and average watts used, and how much the power is costing you per day and month. Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: Turk Ace on January 21, 2018, 01:23:47 AM In my country we have a prepaid electricity plan. There is a panel you have to keep power too. (You use a battery in it to first get it plugged in since there is no power yet) then you enter the number to recharge how many watts you have. It tells you what your current usage is so you can tell like that and it is a cheaper method but bit as precise.
Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: MinLum on January 21, 2018, 01:42:09 AM I use a Belkin WeMo Insight and it spits out a .csv file to my email at the same time everyday. Not cheap, but got mine on a sale for slightly more than a Kill-A-Watt.
Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: gotminer on January 21, 2018, 01:50:26 AM What is out there for 208/220/240V L6 outlets? I had an electrician wire two 30A L6 outlets for my current PDU's.
Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: Alyeska on January 21, 2018, 02:04:05 AM For 110 volt outlets, these are amazing, just make sure not to run them close to the 15amp (1800 watt) limit or they trip and internal breaker and stop working permanently...
but they allow everything to be monitored and administered remotely, including power cycling rigs etc... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0178IC5ZY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: geekcryptogal on January 21, 2018, 02:16:49 AM Metered PDUs are pretty common. I use Corsair Link. Oh I have the Corsair HX1200I power supply, should I just install the software and use that to monitor the power usage? I've never used the software before. This whole link thing is entirely new to me since buying this rig hardware a couple weeks back. Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: NameTaken on January 21, 2018, 02:23:30 AM Metered PDUs are pretty common. I use Corsair Link. Oh I have the Corsair HX1200I power supply, should I just install the software and use that to monitor the power usage? I've never used the software before. This whole link thing is entirely new to me since buying this rig hardware a couple weeks back. Title: Re: Power usage meter for mining rig. (e.g. Kill-A-watt) Post by: geekcryptogal on January 21, 2018, 02:52:31 AM I have the link hooked up now (to usb header) and installed the software. Yeah it shows me input and output wattage. Doesn't keep track though does it? Like generating a report for a time period. I wonder if there is some software which works with corsair link that records the information and can generate reports and/or graphs.
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