. Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:27:47 -0500 (EST) From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Net-Gold <Net-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple University Net-Gold Archive <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Temple Gold Discussion Group <TEMPLE-GOLD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Gold <net-gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sean Grigsby <myarchives1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Educator Gold <Educator-Gold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K12AdminLIFE <K12AdminLIFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Net-Platinum <net-platinum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, NetGold <netgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Net-Gold @ Nabble" <ml-node+3172864-337556105@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, K-12ADMINLIFE <K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, MediaMentor <mediamentor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Digital Divide Diversity MLS <mls-digitaldivide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Health Diet Fitness Recreation Sports Tourism <healthrecsport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, HEALTH-RECREATION-SPORTS-TOURISM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: ENERGY: SOLAR: Tools for Doing Your Own Energy Audit . ENERGY: SOLAR: Tools for Doing Your Own Energy Audit Tools for Doing Your Own Energy Audit By George Musser Jan 3, 2010 07:10 PM in Energy & Sustainability Scientific American <http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id= tools-for-doing-your-own-energy-aud-2010-01-03> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/yjgfe2n>Fighting energy waste is a never-ending battle. In an earlier post, I mentioned The Energy Detective, which measures the total electricity consumption of your house. To track down specific power hogs, a portable meter such as Kill-a-Watt is invaluable. With it, I recently went around the house checking how much power our electronic appliances and adaptors consumed in standby mode. Bracing myself for a torrent of waste, I was pleasantly surprised that most devices drew less than 1 watt.
The suckiest vampire proved to be the Wii (10 watts in standby mode), so we're more diligent now about powering it down. A handheld-vacuum charger drew 3 watts even when the battery was full-up, so now I make sure to unplug it between chargings. A USB hub and UPS each drew 2 watts, and we didn't really need either, so we removed them. It's not much, but it adds up, and it's easy to fix.
With an Amazon gift certificate my mom gave me for Christmas, I got another handy tool: a Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector. An affordable version of the multi-thousand-dollar thermal imagers used by professional home energy auditor, it gives temperature readings, though not full thermal images.
------------------------------------Editor's Note: Scientific American's George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar).
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