How to display WATTS on the 4460 I have the 4400, which is great; the 4460 (at work) is ok, but not worth the extra $$, imho ... however, one glaring omission in the latter is WATTS display ... the 4400 will give you a reading of the power draw (watts) at a given instant for the plugged in device, but the 4460 won't, or at least, I haven't been able to figure out how to do so. And yep I checked the manual, no reference to dispalying "watts."Am I missing something, or did they really remove this feature from the 4460?!? How to display WATTS on the 4460 I have the 4400, which is great; the 4460 (at work) is ok, but not worth the extra $$, imho ... however, one glaring omission in the latter is WATTS display ... the... » Read More How to display WATTS on the 4460 I have the 4400, which is great; the 4460 (at work) is ok, but not worth the extra $$, imho ... however, one glaring omission in the latter is WATTS display ... the 4400 will give you a reading of the power draw (watts) at a given instant for the plugged in device, but the 4460 won't, or at least, I haven't been able to figure out how to do so. And yep I checked the manual, no reference to dispalying "watts."Am I missing something, or did they really remove this feature from the 4460?!? « Show Less
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I have recently purchased a P4460. It nicely and accurately measures (among other things) Volts, Amps, Watts, and Kilowatt Hours.To measure WATTS (instantaneously) : Press the MENU button until you get to the VOLTS scale. Then press the UP button until you get to WATTS.
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Press Menu until you get to Volts, then press Up or Down keys to find Watts.That is what the manual says.
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That depends. Appliances with motors can take extra current (or watts) at startup that might be 2 or 3 times the running current. The Kill-a-watts does not really detect that peak turn-on wattage. But you can watch the display and it will update in a second or two and you can roughly how much current (wattage) the appliance takes. But you will need to watch it at startup. For appliances without motors, you can just look at the typical wattage and get a pretty good feel for how much electricity it will require.
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Can this unit be used to find out the max wattage an appliance uses? I just purchased a portable generator, and would like to see what some of my appliance pull in watts. Thanks
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Cate, If you are good with numbers, I would recommend the p4400 over the p4460 (which I find more confusing). Another choice is the Belkin Conserve power monitor, which is very simple. It has the advantage of a remote display reducing the need to crawl behind things to see the data. One significant disadvantage is that it does not have a KWH number. You can see more about that in my review of that product.But I would recommend the p4400 and putting it on a power strip so that you can have it out where you can see it.I reduced my electricity consumption by 74% and a significant part informed by my monitoring using the P4400. Cate, If you are good with numbers, I would recommend the p4400 over the p4460 (which I find more confusing). Another choice is the Belkin Conserve power monitor, which is very simple. It has the advantage of a remote display reducing the need to crawl behind things to see the data. One significant disadvantage is that it does not have a KWH number. You can see more about that in my review of that product.But I would recommend the p4400 and putting it on a power strip so that you can have it out where you can see it.I reduced my electricity consumption by 74% and a... » Read More Cate, If you are good with numbers, I would recommend the p4400 over the p4460 (which I find more confusing). Another choice is the Belkin Conserve power monitor, which is very simple. It has the advantage of a remote display reducing the need to crawl behind things to see the data. One significant disadvantage is that it does not have a KWH number. You can see more about that in my review of that product.But I would recommend the p4400 and putting it on a power strip so that you can have it out where you can see it.I reduced my electricity consumption by 74% and a significant part informed by my monitoring using the P4400. « Show Less
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I just read the online user manual, and watts is one of the readings you can get. See pages 9 & 10.http://www.p3international.com/manuals/p4460_manual.pdf
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Hi, You have been very informative. Which would you recommend: the p4400 or the p4460? Or is another product (under $25.00) better? I live in a delivery cost area, and am fairly careful already, so my likely savings will be less than $100 per year -- so I want to keep the cost of this item low.
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OK, if I want to measure how many watts my refer uses in 24 hours,how do I do it on the 4460?Tx for any comments.
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Watts = Power = Voltage x Current (per standard electrical engineering texts) and is independent of time or cost units.The power rating (watts) is usually given in the back label of appliances. This is a description of the engineering consumer rated capability of the system. For appliances, in general, it assumes either 110 or 240 V as appropriate.The energy cost rate (cents/kw-hr) can be found in the electricity bill. This is useful for estimating energy cost and also for making sense of your electricity bill. It varies as a function of the cost the utility company charges for a given amount of electricity. Watts = Power = Voltage x Current (per standard electrical engineering texts) and is independent of time or cost units.The power rating (watts) is usually given in the back label of appliances. This is a description of the engineering consumer rated capability of the system. For appliances, in general, it assumes either 110 or 240 V as appropriate.The energy cost rate (cents/kw-hr) can be found in the electricity bill. This is useful for estimating energy cost and also for making sense of your electricity bill. It varies as a function of the cost the utility company... » Read More Watts = Power = Voltage x Current (per standard electrical engineering texts) and is independent of time or cost units.The power rating (watts) is usually given in the back label of appliances. This is a description of the engineering consumer rated capability of the system. For appliances, in general, it assumes either 110 or 240 V as appropriate.The energy cost rate (cents/kw-hr) can be found in the electricity bill. This is useful for estimating energy cost and also for making sense of your electricity bill. It varies as a function of the cost the utility company charges for a given amount of electricity. « Show Less
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Nice use of Watt's Law, but you can't calculate the input draw based on the output power. 6000w is calculated using the voltage of its internal power supply not your 120vac wall outlet. So 6000w output does NOT equal a 50a input draw.
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Thank you all for your comments and tips. Ive just exchanged the monitor for another unit and the replacement unit does not have the same first start/powering on flickering. Btw, i tested the original unit on a ps4, 2 diferent desktops, and a laptop each with their own cable but the result were the same. In the manual it stated that flickering is "normal" due to the nature of the LED backlit, and call support only when the monitor no longer power on due to the flickering. (...?)
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Try moving the hot lead that you hooked up in your panel so it is on the same bus as your office (I think you were trying to say you tried that in your question). My unit CT's are hooked up on the main buss at the panel so I am reading total house wattage.I don't know what your knowledge is so don't get upset and call me a moron. I assume you were trying to measure the heater alone at the panel. just put a current transformer on each leg from the breaker that feeds the heater. The display has to be plugged into the same feed bus as the hot lead (115v) you hooked in the panel. HOPE THIS HELPS Try moving the hot lead that you hooked up in your panel so it is on the same bus as your office (I think you were trying to say you tried that in your question). My unit CT's are hooked up on the main buss at the panel so I am reading total house wattage.I don't know what your knowledge is so don't get upset and call me a moron. I assume you were trying to measure the heater alone at the panel. just put a current transformer on each leg from the breaker that feeds the heater. The display has to be plugged into the same feed bus as the hot lead (115v) you hooked in the panel. HOPE THIS HELPS
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On mine with 450watts it is showing about 22% usage, if linear them 1200 should show about @66%. I don't know if linear, personally I'd opt for a larger unit.
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The unit has a UL label on the bottom that says 1500 watts. I doubt if it actually uses quite that much power. I don't have a clamp on amp meter and decline to build a rig to measure the voltage and current while it is in use. You could measure the amount of water, the temperature change and calculate the power required presuming perfect efficiency. All of that I decline to do as well. Sorry all I got is the 1500 watts.If you are worried about current draw on a given circuit I expect that this thing will draw around 12 to 13 amps. That is a guess not a professional opinion. I retired and put my license on inactive. The unit has a UL label on the bottom that says 1500 watts. I doubt if it actually uses quite that much power. I don't have a clamp on amp meter and decline to build a rig to measure the voltage and current while it is in use. You could measure the amount of water, the temperature change and calculate the power required presuming perfect efficiency. All of that I decline to do as well. Sorry all I got is the 1500 watts.If you are worried about current draw on a given circuit I expect that this thing will draw around 12 to 13 amps. That is a guess not a professional opinion. I... » Read More The unit has a UL label on the bottom that says 1500 watts. I doubt if it actually uses quite that much power. I don't have a clamp on amp meter and decline to build a rig to measure the voltage and current while it is in use. You could measure the amount of water, the temperature change and calculate the power required presuming perfect efficiency. All of that I decline to do as well. Sorry all I got is the 1500 watts.If you are worried about current draw on a given circuit I expect that this thing will draw around 12 to 13 amps. That is a guess not a professional opinion. I retired and put my license on inactive. « Show Less
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There is a sticker on mine under the power connector that reads: "120 V ~ 60 Hz 290 W". Looking at the manual, it appears that the power supply is different for different regions. It's not clear whether there are different units with different power supplies... or if the power supply is configurable. I did not see a way to switch between 110 and 220 on mine, but there is a removable fuse above the plug. Regardless, the unit *does* support 220 V in some configuration, but I wasn't able to figure out which configuration you will get when you order from Amazon. I got the 120 V version. Reference pages 6 and 9 of the manual here: http://www.behringer.com/assets/K3000FX_P0379_M_EN.pdf There is a sticker on mine under the power connector that reads: "120 V ~ 60 Hz 290 W". Looking at the manual, it appears that the power supply is different for different regions. It's not clear whether there are different units with different power supplies... or if the power supply is configurable. I did not see a way to switch between 110 and 220 on mine, but there is a removable fuse above the plug. Regardless, the unit *does* support 220 V in some configuration, but I wasn't able to figure out which configuration you will get when you order from Amazon. I got the 120 V... » Read More There is a sticker on mine under the power connector that reads: "120 V ~ 60 Hz 290 W". Looking at the manual, it appears that the power supply is different for different regions. It's not clear whether there are different units with different power supplies... or if the power supply is configurable. I did not see a way to switch between 110 and 220 on mine, but there is a removable fuse above the plug. Regardless, the unit *does* support 220 V in some configuration, but I wasn't able to figure out which configuration you will get when you order from Amazon. I got the 120 V version. Reference pages 6 and 9 of the manual here: http://www.behringer.com/assets/K3000FX_P0379_M_EN.pdf « Show Less
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Yes, not sure what you are asking either, but the reply from uberzilla should help! It is also my understanding that you don't need to worry about going too high on the watts, although there's no point in wasting your money for more watts than you need to power your system/graphics card.
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My answer is probably useless... But I replied so you weren't left hanging. I hooked up my computer to it and set the cost for kW/h to what I think my service charges. After one month it cost me more to just run my computer than my entire cilco bill was. I am betting that is just me who did it wrong. I haven't tried very hard with it. I don't want to steer you away if you are planning on using it seriously and you are good at what you do. I would say it was of by 400%, but could have been me. THE DISPLAY IS VERY DIM.
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I just started testing using a "kill a watt" meter($20) in cleveland. Skies that look like an ad for prozac. 65 watt max so far with 1killowatt hour accumulated over 1 week. My garage roof angle isn't the best(west). More data soon, follow up. Kw is a load measurement, kwhour is accumulated consumption.
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I have no idea what you're talking about. I bought the 750W. I'm guessing that they are all pretty much the same in terms of functionality/connectivity, just with different wattages. Don't hurt yourself trying to figure out something that really isn't that significant.
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The Efergy displays Watts. Both instant current Watt readings, daily totals and daily averages. Local rates can be entered to show costs, but that feature is not necessary to use.
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Wish I could help you. Brought it to give as a gift. From what I've heard it works great, but as far as wattage - no clue. Why don't you try googling company & contacting them for technical info. Good luck
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If I recall correctly, I think we purchased the "65w" item because the original adapter that came with our Dell Inspiron 1545 purchase actually had a "65w" marking on it. I just looked at the replacement adapter we purchased recently, and it has no such marking on it! We no longer have the original adapter so I cannot verify any of this!
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First of all, it's INPUT min/max watts. Secondly, "peak wattage" is usually double the maximum, so figure 70 watts.
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dont buy this unit , the display on my one keeps turning off after after about one hour and sometimes less, its the front panel display, it has been returned to Jenserve for repair , got it back and it is still doing the same so dont send it there as they did not fix mine, it uses 800 watts when running and gets very hot so turn your central heating off and 140 watts in stand by .
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Karen, I just looked mine over but found nothing referring to wattage. I do love mine though and will tell you that it is powerful.