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Kill-A-Watt Tweaked to Tweet Power Consumption on Twitter
Kill-A-Watt Tweaked to Tweet Power Consumption on Twitter
Photo via MAKE It may seem odd to want to let everyone following you on Twitter know your power consumption, and yet, it's still kind of a neat experiment. If you're wanting to cut back on power use, having the information be public might help inspire you to keep up the good work. And a ...
Blog: Tweet-a-watt - our entry for the Core77 & Greener Gadgets design competition
blog.makezine.com — @quim, there is a 5v power supply inside already. however it can only supply 1ma as it... is coupled to the 120V power thru a pretty small safety cap. thus, a 'supercap' is req'd! @rob, current clamp sensors are very safe, but don't measure voltage. If ... (more) Blog: Tweet-a-watt - our entry for the Core77 & Greener ...
Greener Gadgets | Tweet-a-Watt, A twittering power meter | Limor Fried, Adafruit Industries ...
core77.com — Using "off-the-shelf hardware", we have modified a Kill-a-Watt(TM) power meter to "tweet" (publish wirelessly) the daily KWH... consumed to the user's Twitter account (Cumulative Killowatt-hours). We are releasing this project as an "Open source ... (more) Greener Gadgets | Tweet-a-Watt, A twittering power meter ...
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