WATT-MINDER® BENEFITS
Promote energy conservation — save the planet's natural resources
Provide consumers the ability to measure current energy usage of appliances against new improved models and effect replacement. Is it time to replace refrigerator or clothes washer?
Once you determine the energy hogs in your home or office, look for the Energy Star to identify the most energy-efficient replacements.
Products that earn the ENERGY STAR meet strict energy efficiency and quality criteria set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. More than 40 product categories can now qualify for the ENERGY STAR. To learn more, find out which products qualify, and which retailers stock qualified products, go to www.energystar.gov.
Save money
You cannot manage it until you can measure it. Identify usage patterns and cost in the home. Children's stereo left on, holiday lights, space heaters.
Reduce overall usage by knowing the high users of electricity in the home or office.
Allows for "active" management of energy usage
With knowledge of overall usage and where major uses are, the consumer can minimize the opportunity to use excessive amounts of electricity and fall into a higher cost bracket.
Electricity is one of the few things we purchase based upon "good faith" of our utility provider. We expect and depend on accurate meter readings and billings.
Watt-Minder is a new "home handyman tool"
A common tool for the handyman is the volt-meter. This measures continuity or the voltage potential in a circuit. It is very useful around the shop and in the home.
Most multi-meters can only make accurate measurements of amps in excess of 1 amp. The Watt-Minder can make much more precise measurements, of levels less than 1 amp.
Watt-Minder can be set to measure your carbon footprint related to your electrical energy usage
With this important information you can help reduce Global Warming by reducing your carbon output and the creation of greenhouse gases. Simply program the pounds of CO2 per kilowatt into your Watt-Minder instead of the cost per kilowatt. Your Watt-Minder will monitor your appliances and report the carbon footprint generated by that appliance instead of the cost of operation. The pounds of CO2 per kilowatt should be available from your electrical utility company or you may click here to locate an average for your state.
The Watt-Minder can fill the gap as a low cost, easy to use amp-meter, and thus satisfy the home do-it-yourself handyman with this single tool.
Watt-Minder® is a registered trademark of Mashita Electronics.