Re: Refrigerator monitor ideas?

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"John, SW Missouri" <jmjones@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Too bad they didn't include peak current in the Kill-A-Watt.  Would be
> quite handy for those planning for generator loads who don't have a
> tong meter.

Tong meter?

Ah! Clamp meter!  I have one of those, maybe it even does peak load.  I
mainly got it to examine amp draw at the circuit panel, which it's great at.
I know it's got a reading lock, otherwise I'd probably be dead from having
to wiggle around looking at the readings.  When I dig it up, I'll see if it
can tell me the startup draw of the Westinghouse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamp_meter

I guess it *does* look like a pair of tongs.  And no tradesman would ever
say two syllables for a tool when one would do!  (-:

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Bobby G.