Kill-a-watt devices

[Tom Buskey]

On 11/28/06, Dave Johnson <dave-gnhlug at davej.org> wrote:

> I have a kill-a-watt too.  The only thing (besides a computer
> interface) I don't like about it is the lack of battery backed or
> otherwise persistant cumulative usage.  Every time you unplug it or
> power goes out the totals are lost, but that's what you get for the
> price.

There is an application out there (damn if I can't seem to google it
now..) that points a webcam at a needle dial guage, digitizes it and
translates it to a number.

Hey, it's one way to get the data where it belongs :-)